Your Escort Manual or Auto?

I was wondering how many people have sticks or autos.

I had read(prior) to buying mine that the standards got 7-8 and up to 10mpg better fuel economy.This was also from some respected testers/reports.SOooo I looked for a slush box.Couldn't find any in a wagon..OH OF COURSE! after I bought mine I continued on the looking a bit vein..then there were lots.Nice.Figgers.I bought an auto.The mileage was so good..36 city/45 hiway..I began to disbelieve the standard claim..and didn't really care about the extra 10 when Iwas doing this well anyway.

its true, manuals do get better gas mileage.

89 gt was a 5spd (all that was offered) - got 40 hwy, 93 lx is a 4spd auto, gets perhaps 30. Id like to have my 89 gt back

All of mine are automatic.

i have an automatic, but i really really wish it was manual.. :(

manual

put me down for 93 lx hatchback with a stick. I just rebulit the motor and get about 35mpg on the highway in the 70-75 mph range. city i get about 30. Its still better then my work truck an 03 f150.

5spd....get about 28-30 city/highway combo.....I also don't baby it....

i have an automatic. i mean...my mom has an automatic, i just drive it! the RPM limiter kicks in so quick..... at around 4500 i suppose? its a 99 SE 4 dr. i mean, whenever i floor it the engine doesnt get full RPM range and the lmit kicks in. i would opt for manual cuz i can control the revs.

Mine's an Automatic

Monte

91' LX Hatchie.Shes's stick...Gotta love it

I forgot to mention i have a 1998 4 door stick

93 hatch, auto. 650-700km on a 10 gal tank.

4 spd man

97 LX Sedan Auto. Don't laugh but I can't drive a stick

Manu. But I drive the crap out of it. I put an intake on it and improved the mph big time. If you remove the air intake duct before the air box you can get about 5-10 mph better then before. When you do this the car works less to get air in therefore improving the mph.

Stick is the only way to go on a scort

Automatic here - 98 wagon. Not sure about the gas mileage. When I bought it I lived near lots of hills and hated the slow climb, now I live where its flat and I love how it performs.

1991 LX 4 door....5 speed baby!!! :lol2:

after tune up, I got 37 on the highway and no, I wasn't babe'n it

mines 5spd... currently blown, but im fixin her up

91 LX HB
5 speed!!!!!!

auto, and the transaxle sucks (91 LX 93500 miles)
I don't drive like a nut and i get
27/35 city/highway I get like 30 combined

If a filter replacement doesn't fix my transmission a little. I would not buy another automatic next time

Manual :smile:

Manual

'93 lx wagon 5-speed good lil car.

I have an automatic wagon. I can drive either, and like both, but since i got my car for $500, I figure I can't whine about whether it's a stick or not.

I have an automatic wagon. I can drive either, and like both, but since i got my car for $500, I figure I can't whine about whether it's a stick or not.

What is wierd, is jumping from my rhd van into my lhd car all the time lol
Ive got quite used to both now

I was wondering how many people have sticks or autos.

My 2003 Harley Sportster has a 5 speed and gets 57 mpg on the highway.

My 1986 Ford Escort has an automatic but I've never checked the mileage on it.

Berry0083

91 LX AUTO 97 SPORT ALSO AUTO would love to swap them out for manual

My 94 Lx Sport is automatic, who needs a standard, completely useless in city driving.

My 94 Lx Sport is automatic, who needs a standard, completely useless in city driving.
:screwy: Better mileage.......

Manual all the way.....it's the only way to row the car down the road (stock shifter).

93 lx-e manual - 33 city 37 highway

86 Diesel 5 speed. I hate automatics. 35mpg in town, 40 hw. Good stuff (especially with diesel prices right now)

97 SPI a manual. Wish was an automatic. I get tired of shifting in town.

Got a 95 LX HB stick 27-30 combo and the wife drives a 96 wagon auto with 30-32 combo. I think she lets it coast downhill a lot.http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/icons/icon10.gif