Auto stick

[pumpkin]

Question-- If you are doing a lot of highway driving and the highway is mostly flat, would you get better performace and gas milage in auto stick (forth gear ) instead of drive.I know you will bong down if you are going up hills or passing. I guess you would be in forth all the time no passing gear. All help would be welcomed. Thanks.

[Dreamcast18]

Not sure if this helps, but becuz the Kat only has 4 gears, I didn't like the cruise control's ability to shift....i felt it would give bad mileage, but doing the cross-country trip gave no difference in gas consumption between using cruise control or using manual feet/gas pedal control.

As for leaving it in 4th..I think as long as u're not trying to pass..the 4th gear should be better?


This link might be more useful than the crap i just wrote:
http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/advice/driving/automatic_gearboxes.htm

[mopardave]

When I am on a long trip, I leave the kat in fourth gear, especially when pulling the trailer. It stops the transmission from downshifting on slight grades. Performance does lag a little bit, but there is better gas mileage. My gas mileage improves to about 22 miles per gallon when pulling the trailer.