Biggest difference with the automatic is the ratio in the final drive, 1:1
in the automatic vs .86 (or.77, someone correct me on this) in the manual
2wd.  Don't know on the Syncro.  And the biggest difference in gas milage is
around town, not on the highway.

On 1/11/07, Allen Hill <route66rider@knology.net> wrote:
>
> FWIW, I have always figured that due to the automatic vs. standard trans
> that the auto trans would need higher rpms for any given speed due to
> slipping in the torque converter and transmission.
>
>