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Originally Posted by Diesel_Dave
That being said, a properly driven manual should never be beaten by an equivalent automatic.
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Well, the folks who
drive the cars on the official NEDC cycles are experts at hypermiling .
They can beat the manuals with (the best of the) dual clutch automatics.
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The biggest reason is that a good driver with a manual transmission can do one thing better than an automatic ever will--anticipate the future.
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For the time being ...
Experiments with GPS (knowing terrain ahead, and elevation changes) and smart roads (like traffic lights communicating with cars) will likely end that - if countries can still afford smart roads, that is, my guess is they can't.