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wrote:
>This mans got a point here. Autos slush boxes are real gas guzzlers.

On my previous car, a 1991 Mercedes 280E with a straight six engine, the
petrol consumption figures for an automatic were lower than for a manual
transmission.

>They aught to be banned from being sold. If you are too lazy to shift
>gears, THAN DON'T DRIVE! Stay off the road!!! I don't want some lazy
>dork with the slush box driving near me. Such idiot drivers are lazy
>and inattentive.
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><<<<When I converted my car from auto to manual, the mileage
>improved by 15% immediately. Also, for motorway driving,
>overdrive in the auto was a longer ratio than 5th in
>the manual. How do you explain that?>>>>
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