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Old 12-29-2013, 07:48 PM   #3 (permalink)
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We can blame both the heavier weight, mostly from nanny-state mandated safety features, and the automatic transmission, for that mileage decreasement. Well, nowadays even with a manual transmission it could still have some bad results, since currently manual transmissions are not so geared in the most efficient way...
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