Can you get better MPG using the paddle shifters??
02-01-07, 05:33 PM
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I would say no.
If you have your trip computer display on the “gear mode” and leave the car in automatic (not sport mode) you will see that the tranny always up shift to 5th and 5th overdrive, even at 30 mph. The slowest speed I have seen it shift up to 6th is about 47mph.
If you shift it with the paddle shifters, you have the tendency not to shift to higher gears, thus getting less gas mileage. If you leave it in sport mode and shift up to 6, it does its own thing anyway. The paddle shifters are more for racing.
Just put premium gas in it, don’t be so hard on accelerating, and you’ll get better mileage.
If you have your trip computer display on the “gear mode” and leave the car in automatic (not sport mode) you will see that the tranny always up shift to 5th and 5th overdrive, even at 30 mph. The slowest speed I have seen it shift up to 6th is about 47mph.
If you shift it with the paddle shifters, you have the tendency not to shift to higher gears, thus getting less gas mileage. If you leave it in sport mode and shift up to 6, it does its own thing anyway. The paddle shifters are more for racing.
Just put premium gas in it, don’t be so hard on accelerating, and you’ll get better mileage.
Last edited by Ericm; 02-01-07 at 05:36 PM.
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