I always hear people claim that folks with manual transmissions on their cars save more gas than drivers with automatic cars.
I have an old fashioned manual gearbox. Not this new stuff where there is no clutch. I have a foot-operated manual clutch on my car with a stock-standard four-on-the-floor stick shift gear change lever.
I really want to save gas as I drive.
What I want to know is, do I burn more gas in a higher gear or a lower gear. Where should I keep the RPM's when I'm driving in the higher or lower gear at that as well? Example. It redlines at 9000 revs.
To save the most gas. Should I keep the engine revs halfway up the tachometer while driving in any gear, and should I be driving in a high or low gear to minimize my fuel consumption?