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Also I believe they were much less fuel efficient until relatively recently.
That they are, my parents switch to auto after it transpired it better for fuel consumption especially when there’s setting it to keep it in economical mode.
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Barely, unless you're doing 50k miles a year, you'd barely notice. It was most likely an uneconomical car regardless of which transmission was installed.
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Also I believe they were much less fuel efficient until relatively recently. I drove a quite old, low spec rental automatic a few years ago and it was dismal - and I wouldn't be a petrol head by any means