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Originally Posted by shultice24
Driving a manual is another good (and fun!) way to save on gas, unless you drive like an maniac.
I wouldn't want a stick if i did much city driving though.
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If you're good enough at pacing yourself, you won't be shifting too much. The trick is to find the average speed of traffic and just drive that speed. Refuse to give in to the stop and go mentality, don't go with the flow, be the flow. Don't I sound all philosophical?
Incidentally, driving a manual is more than just a good way to save gas, you can really make use of those gears to save fuel. Coasting, upshifting early (I go to second at 10, 3rd at 18, 4th at 25, and 5th at 32), and what is known to us hypermilers as DFCO, where the fuel injectors are shut off during deceleration, are some of the biggest advantages of manual shifting.
Automatics have this major inefficiency at speeds below 40-ish, when the torque converter locks up.