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I've had both...
Posted by AlS (more from AlS) on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:27:33
In Reply to: manual vs automatic, quinn reagan, Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:28:44
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my 2000 Aero had a manual traded that in on a 2003 Aero with auto (the only one they had left).
The auto is OK but I fear I'm getting soft. The gas milage is as good or better w/ the auto and it's quieter on the highway as the final drive is higher (numerically lower) so the engine revs are a bit lower at cruise. Saab EPA milage says auto=30 manual=29 highway.
Ah but the manual still has "overboost" in 3rd gear & beyond for ~20 seconds. Stunning. That may be worth the price of admission there. It is, as far as I know, unique to Saab.
Dealers seem eager to sell automatics because that's what they have. Most folks want autos so that is what the dealer stocks. We had to factory order my wife's Volvo V70 because they could find only four in America w/ manual tranny, and they were the wrong color.
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Posts in this Thread:
- manual vs automatic, quinn reagan, Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:28:44
- Rough idle at stop light..., AlS, Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:28:11
- Re: manual vs automatic, quinn reagan, Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:33:03
- Re: manual vs automatic, George on the Cape, Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:17:00
- Dealer told me..., NateWI, Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:34:26
- As it relates to oil pressure,, SeeVTSaab, Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:51:18
- buy the car you want, not the one they want to sell you, John in Bismarck, Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:56:35
- He may be doing you a favor, No Snaab, Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:50:11
- Lot full of automatics..., pokeyjoe
, Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:24:05- Exactly, Oscar, Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:34:00
- It depends..., Noel, Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:52:39
- Automatics make me sleepy..., ChuckD
, Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:33:54 - I've had both..., AlS, Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:27:33 <-- Viewing This Message
- Yes the pardigm is flawed......, Mike Lynch
, Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:27:27 - Don't take any crap from the dealer (+), vvk, Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:37:01
- Don't give in..., JMJ in NC, Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:31:43
- Of Course it's a Flaw, OKSaabs, Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:37:01
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