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      06-20-2011, 11:56 AM   #1
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Reducing fuel consumption in traffic jams, start/stop driving

Howdy,

I noticed that when driving in traffic jams or start-up/break-in short-distance driving the 6-speed gearbox does not automatically shift to higher gears and tends to use low gears. This leads to a very high fuel consumption (near 20 l per 100 km on 2 liter gasoline 18i).

Any suggestions? My guess is that switching to manual shifting would help here because you could forcibly lift the gear but who knows. Any suggestions?
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