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Originally Posted by 99LeCouch
Any of us with a manual could still slay the automatic's FE around town. Steady-state highway cruising is where it may have an advantage. You can't beat the FE of engine-off, though!
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That's exactly why these new 'eco' autos seem to be better than manuals: most people don't pay as much attention to theirs gears as we do, so they don't mind riding around with high rpms or not using engine braking, let alone P&G or EOC. The eco versions of certain models have arrows in the dashboard that tell the driver when to shift for better FE. The eco auto does this by bypassing the driver altogether. Ecodrivers do this my
thinking while driving.
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
What matters is
where you're going, not
how fast.
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