Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transmissions

Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by luca_ing on Friday November 18, 2016 @10:54AM (#12987579)

I think the alternative was coasting, not braking.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by lmm on Friday November 18, 2016 @03:54PM (#12989987)

So if you're coasting you're spending fuel to increase your speed (relative to what you'd do by staying in gear). In the situation where you're considering coasting that's probably not a tradeoff you want to be making.

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