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Old 12-14-2011, 07:12 PM   #17 (permalink)
slowbro
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Thymeclock, yeah you are right about not being able to upshift early with the hold button. I guess I just have to stick to footshifting my car.
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Not exactly. The figure for highway MPG is correct and it is excellent at 37 MPG. But the figure for city MPG is inflated - it was probsbly 24 and the best you will get is 22 MPG, which really sucks. The very wide disparity between city and highway mileage is due to the late TC lockup. (AKA a "slushbox".)
What are you talking about? The EPA highway estimate for a 2004 Chevy Aveo sedan with automatic transmission gets only 31 highway, not 37 so it's not "excellent" highway mpg. The city estimate is 23 and I do agree that it might be inflated, but overall, compared to other cars sold in the same year the Aveo was not brilliant in city or highway fuel economy.
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