question about nuetral to drive
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question about nuetral to drive
i was ridin in my fiends car (an auto) and i notice this thing he does at red lights and in traffic jams..he will shift up to nuetral and when its time to go he shift back to the drive gear...he tells me is saves gas..personally i never herd of this does any1 know abou this?
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Rep Power: 419 Makes sense since you can shift to neutral and put the e-brake on instead of pushing in the brake to keep the car from rolling forward. Since the car wants to roll forward it's making more power and using more gas than if it was just idling in neutral.
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Rep Power: 0 IMO, it's not the best thing to do, only because if you forget to shift, you'll look pretty silly just revving there [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
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Rep Power: 348 << IMO, it's not the best thing to do, only because if you forget to shift, you'll look pretty silly just revving there >>
I did that!!! Hahah, I was like "Wtf?! Whoops... Hahah" LoL. And I also agree with Juggaman. Sounds logical to me.
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Rep Power: 0 its useless... your engine is still pumping fluid in the tc regardless of what gear the transmission is... theres a very very very slight load lifted in N vs D, but its really probably a savings of .001mpg
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You gotta spend 2-3 weeks in europe to see how good we have it here. Apparently Sweeden has the cheapest gas in Europe and when I was there it was about $4.01 US dollars / US Gallon which is about $1.50 can dolars per liter. It only gets worse, In england it was about 5.00 US$ / US gallon.
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You gotta spend 2-3 weeks in europe to see how good we have it here. Apparently Sweeden has the cheapest gas in Europe and when I was there it was about $4.01 US dollars / US Gallon which is about $1.50 can dolars per liter. It only gets worse, In england it was about 5.00 US$ / US gallon.
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we got it GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!
"nothing wrong with gas prices here, believe me!
You gotta spend 2-3 weeks in europe to see how good we have it here. Apparently Sweeden has the cheapest gas in Europe and when I was there it was about $4.01 US dollars / US Gallon which is about $1.50 can dolars per liter. It only gets worse, In england it was about 5.00 US$ / US gallon.
we got it GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!"
MY GOD!
You gotta spend 2-3 weeks in europe to see how good we have it here. Apparently Sweeden has the cheapest gas in Europe and when I was there it was about $4.01 US dollars / US Gallon which is about $1.50 can dolars per liter. It only gets worse, In england it was about 5.00 US$ / US gallon.
we got it GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!"
MY GOD!
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Rep Power: 0 << I don't think its good for an automatic tranny. The more you move the tranny, the quicker it will wear down, IMO. jm2c.... >>
Exactly why put more unecessary wear on your tranny by shifting. People with autos should just put the thing in D and drive! It's not a manual and there are no special tricks. Put it in D and go.
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