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Old 08-18-2022, 03:31 AM   #56 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
I also find it funny that automakers almost never made a manual transmission (at least in the North American market) with a truly "tall" top gear (meaning: one that would satisfy an ecomodder). In other words, something analagous to the very tall top gears in some modern automatics for extra highway fuel savings.
Nowadays, not even in Brazil I see such transmissions. I remember saying the 5-speed transmission of my mother's former car, a 2014 Toyota Etios, felt too short-geared.
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