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Originally Posted by Aveomiler
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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I don't understand. You have an automatic transmission, right? What do you mean by "footshifting"?
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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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Despite all Aveos having the same engine and transmission, apparently there must have been some other tweaking done over the lifespan of the model and the way the gov't jiggers the numbers. My '09 actually does get 37 MPG with the A/C on at 65 MPH. That is better than other comparable cars of its model year, so it's hard to complain about that aspect. And that high EPA figure is how GM promoted the car to compete with other models such as the Yaris, the Fit and the Rio. But the city FE is worse than the EPA estimates. That's disappointing, particularly if you do mostly city driving, as we do. It wasn't until after I bought it that I could discover the reason why.