Fuel Economy

[ECHOKnight2000]

Originally Posted by jeff_o

argylesocks... from what i understood in your post when you said coasting in N is that you shift to N when coasting at high speed then shift it back to D when you start to slow down to speed up... is that right? will not this be harmful on your tranny?

i have been driving stick shifts for centuries until i shifted to auto tranny, my friend noticed me shifting to N (to conserve gas and help braking) when stopping before the car completely stops, he said this is harmful because of some pressure on the auto tranny. i don't know if this is true for your case of coasting in N then shifting back.

I sometimes put the car in neutral (I have an auto as well). Anyway rarely or even at all I put my car in neutral at highway speeds but if there is little traffic I will put it in neutral and coast to a stop. It will harm your tranny if you're going highway speeds and you coast in neutral and if you accelerate then put it in drive its hard on the tranny but then again doing that in general hurts or wears the parts down faster. Hope that makes sense. When you reach lower speeds and slowing down you can down shift and use engine breaking instead of neutral, then put it in neutral while sitting there. I guess remember if coasting in neutral can be dangerous in case you have to make an evasive manevure so don't do it in heavy traffic (rush hour) but I guess that's a give-in cause I'm sure if traffic was that heavy you can't really coast. I probably confused you even more but that's what I'm here for