jim beam wrote:
> A. Smith wrote:
> > Honda's web site says the 2006 Civic gets EPA
> > 38 mpg with the manual transmission and 40 mpg
> > with the automatic.
> >
> > What's "wrong" here?
>
> nothing. the system's been programmed to shift for economy - after all,
> the ecu /does/ know how much gas is being injected. pretty simple.

Right! I think you'll have a hard time getting lower mileage/gallon
with a stick than an automatic on any of the new cars.

Remco