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Originally Posted by mechman600
Acceleration rate and shift points are ALWAYS linked with an automatic. Shifting at a higher RPM does not affect economy that much. It's what you do when it's time to slow down that really matters (coasting vs braking hard). For example, on an on ramp onto the freeway revving out to 4K to get up to speed is likely as efficient as accelerating slowly (and much safer because you are not holding up traffic).
You have the "manumatic advantage". Because you have no torque converter, you are accelerating efficiently no matter how slowly or quickly you do so, except of course if you really stand on it and put the engine into open loop.
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Great, thanks! I guess that is what everyone else is saying too. Well, that frees me up from aggravating the people behind me.
