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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by VMG on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:22AM (#12975820)
I was referring to the misinformation about higher fuel efficiency of manual compared to automatic. I heard it too in driving school.
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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by Swizec on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:43AM (#12975938)
The real question is: Will it save more money in gas than it costs extra to buy?
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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by VMG on Thursday November 17, 2016 @06:28AM (#12976447)
The rabbit hole goes deeper: how do you price in externalities like pollution for fuel? Or for an automatic transmission?
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