Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm...
by Retric on Thursday November 17, 2016 @06:00AM
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No free lunch.
In a manual you are burning fuel when the clutch is disengaged to keep the engine turning over. With the engine engaged you steal from momentum which lowers fuel use.
The mid point of keeping the engine engaged and adding enough fuel to reach your desired stopping point once the RPM enters the same range as an idling engine is actually most efficient.
In a manual you are burning fuel when the clutch is disengaged to keep the engine turning over. With the engine engaged you steal from momentum which lowers fuel use.
The mid point of keeping the engine engaged and adding enough fuel to reach your desired stopping point once the RPM enters the same range as an idling engine is actually most efficient.