"Elle" <elle_navorski@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in
news:RlhWe.106$Gg1.66@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink .net:

> "Remco" <whybcuz@yahoo.com> wrote
>> 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.
>
> One more voice: In fact, this trend has been going on for several
> years. Many automatics have been trumping manual transmission cars for
> fuel economy, back to the mid/late 1990s or so, IIRC. "Variable Valve
> Timing and Lift Electronic Control" (VTEC) has been a big factor in
> this, IIRC.
>
>
>


Automatics are far better than manuals all around these days. Computerized
electronic controls trump human brains and muscles hands down.

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