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Old 07-05-2014, 03:03 AM   #5 (permalink)
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If the auto has a manual shift feature that you're willing to actually use, you could get better gas mileage with it because although you'd lose some engine efficiency compared to the CVT, the transmission is more efficient by a large chunk.

Some autos (lots of dual clutches do this or have some way to disengage) will coast if you tell it to upshift when it can't actually upshift again, and that makes pulse and glide really easy.
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