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What's more efficient, manual or automatic?

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The Consumerist and wondered whether with todays technology manual transmission still is more efficient than automatic?

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With the (right) driver behine a manual trans, I still think better efficiency will occur, but technology has caught up with this in many cases.  Depends if you are driving a large heavy vehicle or  a mini. i have experminted with the semi truck with an automatic and a manual and I got better fuel mileage with the manual. But for the general public an automatic may be the better way to go. There's still lots of variables to consider.

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It probably depends on the driver! But manual is still a lot more fun to drive!

 

 
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Stick shift is more efficient even with the new recent advances, the new technology is not groundbreaking and works surprisingly poorly. I test drive new hi grade cars like BMW Benz and Discos.

 

I drive in a crowded city like ahmedabad, india. Having a car with automatic transmission is a leizour. I m usin g since 1991

Dr. Nilay thakore   m.D.

Smt. N.H.L. Medical college

Associate prof in medicine

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