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Hey everyone, I'm new to this forum but not the car forum or repair world. I recently replaced my 2001 Outback with a 2.5/auto trans to a 2007 Outback with an auto trans/4speed. I have to say, that I am pretty dissappointed in the economy and assumed the newer model would at least be the same as my old. Summer on old car was 25-26MPG, new car is 22-23MPG. Old car in winter 22-23mpg, 20 minute warm ups, run in drive. 75 on highway and moderate accelerations. New car in winter 18-21mpg, 5 minute warm ups, manual short shifting in sport mode. 60-65 on highway and slow accelerations. Basically I noticed that the new car has worse economy when driven the same as my old car, even at lower speeds and RPM so I've changed driving habits to granny-like and it's better but not as much as one would expect. Car runs well, no misfire, recent tune up, all new synthetic fluids in trans-engine and both diffs. Curious if there are any flash tuners or respectable mods that would give me a few MPGs. I do not expect 35-40MPG of most 4 cylinder vehicles but a consistant 25-26 would be nice. Thanks...