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Old 05-03-2010, 02:29 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
not possible?!? Are you serious? even the epa site lists the manual wtdi jetta ith a higher mpg than the auto.

Look, Manual is simpler/less expensive/less weight/more efficient/easier to get it to do what you want/more reliable.

Manual is the standard. Auto will always be trying to catch up, at great expense, stupid idea from an efficiency perspective.
Well, I looked up real world numbers on fueleconomy.gov. You were correct, the manual gets a touch better MPG in real world conditions. About 2%.

However, my experience is that the DSG matches my friends manual MPG here in Florida. (mostly fast highway).
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