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Re:Apple CarPlay by ecopoesis on Monday March 03, 2014 @07:59AM (#7333429)
Or just buy a Nissan Versa today: http://www.edmunds.com/fuel-economy/five-myths-about-stick-s...

Manuals have better fuel usage then automatics is a myth for recent cars, no fancy self driving needed.

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Re:Apple CarPlay by sitharus on Monday March 03, 2014 @06:32PM (#7337371)
I just purchased a Toyota Yaris. The official figures for the 1.3L engine give 5.7L/100km for manual and 6.3L/100km for the automatic.

Now in a high-end car with a sequential gearbox this is different, but for a small town car when you'll be doing a lot of starts and stops you'll see the losses on the hydraulic coupling.

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Re:Apple CarPlay by Marazan on Monday March 03, 2014 @11:32AM (#7334638)
That's based on the official figures. No-one gets the listed MPG ratings in real life and automatics suffer worst than manuals for under-shooting the official mpg rating.
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