Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "Conquer Driving"
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@12345678930379 Yes, but most drivers aren't that good either. I got 27mpg out of a 1990s pickup in town, and 29mpg freeway with it, because of how I drove it. Even with an automatic, the typical driver would brag if they could get 25mpg out of it.
My current car can't downshift worth a damn. It always responds too slow and too late, and that car is a decade newer than the truck (and I've owned it since it had 25k miles on it in perfect condition).
When a person like me knows how cars work, and basics of gearing, fuel efficiency and such, you absolutely can get better mileage with a manual because you can do things no automatic I know of has been programmed to do. Doesn't mean a computer Can't beat a human, especially when you combine in other aspects of engine and fuel control to the mix. But among your average run of the mill daily driver budget cars, I've always been better than the automatic transmission.
I also do a better than average job of getting really good fuel efficiency out of airplanes too. Many are still manually controlled for fuel mixture, prop, etc. Whether fuel injected or carbureted. The prop is like a transmission, and you control fuel mixture as well, and many people are surprised at how much better I do. On a typical plane they might get 8-10gal per hour fuel burn, a few pilots will do 7gph, I've gotten as low as 5.7gph in that same plane. And I've gotten comparably good results in many different airplanes with many different fuel systems. They are always shocked. But I learned fuel management of planes by studying the likes of Charles Lindbergh and the tricks he developed, as well as looking into other sources on engine management, including talking to engineers from the engine manufacturers themselves. Now, more and more airplanes are starting to get electronic ignition, electronic fuel control, electronic prop control, etc. But many planes will never have such features.
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