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> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012, at 10:44 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote:
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> > I always thought the automatic is not good for saving on fuel, at least
> > that is the preconception in Europe. Is my experience totally wrong
> > meaning
> > that is only my bad driving habits, or this must be true for every
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> > drivers or even to advanced drivers (advanced =3D I mean not the averag=
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> > thinks they are advanced, but professional drivers who are learning the=
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> > stuff).
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> > Are new automatics that good? Is this a solution for saving the world a=
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> > reduce the carbon footprint?
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> Yes, you have saved the world!
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> New automatics are good, still more lossy than manuals. But much better
> at shifting than humans. And since the shifts are done without the
> driver, the throttle is not upset.
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> C5 Corvettes have a linkage that causes upshifts from 1 to 4 if
> conservative driving is sensed. Doubtless there are other tricks one
> could apply.
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> Best regards,
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> Bob
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Previously I have had a "way of thinking" about driving and manual shifting=
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that I have to shift up through all gears when accelerating and that I have=
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shift down to 2nd gear when turning into a side road, parkinglot or in othe=
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situations wher the car almost comes to full stop. I have done this more or=
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less without thinking (using my automatic brain shifting) just because "thi=
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the way it should be".
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However, lately I have noticed that my car happily goes from 1 to 3 to 5,=20
skipping 2nd and 4th gear completely when accelerating from full stop. Of=20
course, I don't get the most power and acceleration but for my everyday=20
commuting it works very well. And it is actually not that much different fr=
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using all gears.

I have also found that I mostly don't have to shift all the way down to 2nd=
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gear when I previously did that all the time, 3rd gear is most often enough=
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I wonder how much the world would be saved if everyone starts to more activ=
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think about how we drive instead of just using the "automatic brain shiftin=
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and throtling", especially with newer cars that many today even have 6 gear=
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/Ruben

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Ruben J=F6nsson
AB Liros Electronic
Box 9124, 200 39 Malm=F6, Sweden
TEL INT +46 40142078
FAX INT +46 40947388
ruben@pp.sbbs.se
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