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05-22-2011, 12:58 PM
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Drives: 2009 Base Hatch 2 Dr Auto Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: nj
Posts: 4,784
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A 6 speed transmission is NOT necessarily better for mileage. It all depends on the ratios. If 5th and 6th are numerically the same a six speed will use MORE gas! You have one more gear to accelerate in. The ideal would be a three speed with numerically identical 3rd gear to a five speed 5th. It would work here in flat NJ but probably not in hilly country.
SIx speeds and even five speeds are stupid consumer driven idiot inspired devices. Auto trans are similiarly going through the idiot process of more and more speeds. |
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