I've been getting a sorry 15-17 mpg in the city, but it's not the car it 's this crappy Californian gasoline they have been raping us with, I swear they've increased the alcohol content from 10% to 15%. Maybe I should pick up a hydrometer and test my theory to really find out what's in this stuff. We pay about 20% more than the rest of the country and we get less mileage then other states, man are we getting screwed.

I have the manual and I used to get 21 mpg before they switched us over to summer fuel. so no I can't say the automatic is more economical, maybe it's your foot.