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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...I know it's a "...barn door's already open..." statement, but IF ONLY:
1) GM had had the good sense to implement the XFE option a year earlier, BEFORE things went to hell in a hand basket!
2) if NOW they'd make it applicable to automatic cars too!
3) duh! GM duh!
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Gosh I don't think I could pull off the way I have taught myself to drive in an automatic. I tend to cruise in neutral in idle speeds when I do not know what to expect up ahead, especially around corners, and I can not bump start a car with an automatic transmission, so it would greatly hurt my MPGs...
However, you MIGHT be in luck. I have read something about GM getting a lot of feed back about making a XFE with an automatic in it, but I'm not sure if they have taken action or not. If you don't hear something before me I'll let ya know.
I agree about GM's timing. But, I really do not believe very many people seen $4.25 87 Octane prices in 2008 until they hit us. Given the time they had I feel it's about the fastest I have ever seen GM move! OTH: They just copied exactly what Ford had once done with one of their cars when gas prices shot high- I do not recall what model it was, but GM was not the ones that thought up this combination of changes to raise the EPA almost 10%.
Of course Toyota (which has a plant in my home state) was spot on with their Prius!