> Name me ONE vehicle on the market which leaves the torque-convertor
> lockup clutch engaged upon deceleration.
ALL OF THEM DO.
LET OFF THE ****ING GAS ON THE FREEWAY AND WATCH ENGINE RPMs.
WTF, do you people never drive!?!??! How can you say such STUPID ****
all the ****in time?
> What part of the principle of conservation of energy do you not
> understand? The energy required to keep the engine rotating HAS to come
> from somewhere. It can either come from a slight drag on the car, or
> from burning fuel directly. There's no magic savings which you presume
> exists.
God damn, you people are dense.
The comparison is between HAVING TO USE FUEL TO OVERCOME ENGINE
COMPRESSION or going to IDLE.
Trav