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Old 01-14-2011, 11:50 PM   #159 (permalink)
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ah, yup, that is the compromise they made:
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(0 to 60 times) depends on the manual or automatic transmission

Manual: 7.7sec Auto: 9.3sec
The reason for the big difference is that the automatic is tuned for efficiency.Good luck!
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