Ron Seiden wrote:
> "Tim" <jmeth111@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:d1bd0$4815e847$cef8ac46$12181@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>Does continual ****fting from drive to neutral and back cause any
long-term
>>damage?
>>What I mean is continually ****fting into neutral when approaching stop
>>signs and red lights?
>
>
> When I used to commute over back country roads (hills, turns, turns at
the
> top or bottom of hills, etc.) in winter (snow, ice, hardpack, freezing
rain,
> black ice, etc.) in an old rear wheel drive barge, I frequently put it
into
> neutral before trying to brake so that the rear (drive) wheels would
brake
> the same as the fronts. (Left in drive, the fronts would tend to lock up
> first on slippery surfaces since they don't have the engine trying to
keep
> them moving.) It may have helped (I never slid much at all), but after a
> couple of years of that I needed a new transmission. Only thing I can
think
> of is wearing out the clutches and actuators by going into & out of
drive so
> much...
>
>
They let you change between the two without depressing a button so I
would hope that indicates that you won't damage the transmission.
Of course, it will be damaged less than ****fting from drive to reverse
while still going forward.
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