I drove the XB again this weekend... pleasant enough, but yuck, that shifter.
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Originally Posted by Vman455
This has been my experience in manually-equipped Toyota cars as well. I bought the Civic over a Corolla GT-S in part because the shift feel and clutch engagement felt so much less vague.
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What year Civic? The
'07 Civic I had wasn't a much better in terms of shifter feel than this XB. Very vague and "plasticky". On the other hand, 80's Hondas were renowned for delightful shift quality. My folks had an '88 Accord manual that was a treat to drive.
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MPG report...
In much cooler & quite windy weather, I saw 6.6 L/100 km = 36 MPG US on the display in gentle backroads driving (80 km/h PSL = 50 mph), no engine-off shenanigans. I left it idling when I was coasting.