My engine size is 1.8L, so probably more powerful than your VW. Getting high MPGs on the highway is probably much easier in an automatic than a manual if you don't drive like a maniac and do some minor DWL. P&G isn't worth it at higher speeds, since your car slows down much faster at 60 than it does at 40. I know my car can coast from 45-35 for about 1/2 a mile (did it on a backroad, no traffic to get mad at me).
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