Are you talking about a std ****ft car if so it should be in 1st, foot on
clutch for a shorter engagement time, if an auto it shouldn't be in
neutral
unless you are experiencing extended idling time for some reason.
"Tim" <jmeth111@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> What if you are ****fting gears manually or are in neutral at a stop
light
> and have to make an emergency manuever?
>
> Shep wrote:
>
>> Negligible difference, an unloaded engine ( neutral) would use slighly
>> less fuel, but for the short time, it is not worth it plus if you had
to
>> make a sudden emergency manuever, now what.
>> "Tim" <jmeth111@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:2e75c$48177231$cef8ac46$27884@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>>The Reverend Natural Light wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Apr 28, 11:07 am, Tim <jmeth...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No, but it doesn't help anything either. There is no friction while
>>>>stopped in drive. I do it a lot myself because automatic
>>>>transmissions annoy me. I routinely put it in neutral at stop lights
>>>>or pull it out of overdrive when decelerating.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Does it glide better in neutral? Are the RPMs less.
>>>
>>>My old car used to seem to idle smoother when in neutral so I would put
>>>it in neutral while at a stop light so it wouldn't stall. It was an
auto
>>>too.
>>>
>>>I was just reading about hypermilage-ing and wanted to see if that
would
>>>help at all.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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