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Old 07-19-2007, 05:47 AM   #6
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Only for lazy Americans. I bet it's different in Europe.
I wonder if they can teach flash to look at your IP and determine if you are from america or not and tell you what you want to hear in the numbers?

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It's all in the final drive they assign to the car.
See, it doesn't make any sense at all. If they put a lower final gear in the manual I would expect it to get better 0-60 times and worse mpg.

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Honda Elements show the same thing. But, that is an artifact of the EPA testing method. In real life, the manuals do quite a bit better than the automatics.
That is entirely believable.
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