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Originally Posted by MeteorGray
should someone wish to exercise advanced hypermiling techniques such as the legendary engine-off engine-on coasting process, a standard tranny would be necessary and would likely yield significantly higher fuel economy
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I once tried neutral-coasting with the engine off in 2007, in a short downhill stretch, with a 2004 Corolla, while I was still a minor and didn't have a driver license. I started to regret it when I felt like there were no brakes and tried to slow down with the parking brake...
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IMHO, most folks who choose standard transmissions tend to be younger in age and do so for "sporty" reasons that do not include driving for maximum economy
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My mother and maternal grandmother took quite a long time to get rid of the manual transmission, yet they still drive in a quite aggressive way.