# Anyone own or know owners of smart cars?

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**Created:** [May 5, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-or-know-owners-of-smart-cars/47915 "2008-05-05T07:59:02Z")
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#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-or-know-owners-of-smart-cars/47915/43 "2008-05-05T14:58:00Z")

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> [@walter](#):
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> Um, what?
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> Manual transmissions deliver better fuel economy because they are lighter and provide less drive train loss. That is why you see manual transmissions in lower power european cars?

fuel economy is just one factor… cost, and the fact that automatics are annoying in low power cars are among others.

I remember growing up in London, that if somebody had an automatic car it meant they were probably pretty poor at driving and needed one.

you really going to tell me you haven’t noticed low power automatic cars hunt all over trying to find a gear when all you wanted to do was accelerate a little bit more on the highway.

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