Even in neutral with the engine on is a bit dangerous becuase you don't have the engine holding you back. So you have to press harder on the brakes. So it's not really something you should try out without know you have good brakes and your ready to throw it back into drive if needed. You can...
No I'm not worryed about this at all. This is what I do, learn. I speak a couple languages, and have certifications in computer engineering, and much more. It's just what I do, question everything. I was just asking your oppion.
Your right I did sound worried in that last post. I do know how...
Well, if you do think of it as a manual. Then you would think the computer would do a better job to match the RPMs to the transmission before connecting them... But then again the computer wasn't really designed to go from neutral to 4th while going 65mph... An automatic transmission is...
Yeah, just like takeing a toy car and putting it on a hill... it rolls down faster and faster, without any engine. You don't even have to push it. But my car is in motion when I put it in neutral so it can continue to move even on flat ground... What was you point?
See where Mech_Engineer was...
Right... Where do you live? It seems the faster you go the faster it slows down. So I can't even go over the speed limit and exspect to reach the bottom going the speed limit. I've really never given it a good test. But It begins to slow as soon as you take your foot of the gas, and soon it goes...
Harm = Damage
Damage = Harm
Am I not right? That was like the second sentence in my first post.
If the title is your problem I'm sorry I couldn't figure out how to put what I wanted in a few words. Of course I wasn't asking how many minutes the transmission would last under what ever...
Ok, so tell me how I am to go down hill going 65+ with my foot off the gas? It only slows down. It doesn't stay at its current speed and It doesn't increas speed.
In my test of course I was more aware of my driving so I'm sure my gas millage increased form that alone. But in neutral I can go...
Interesting, but I really don't see too many red lights around here... just trees and durt. Anyway, that may be true when going under 40 or lower. 'coasting' to a stop... But I'm usally going 60+ down a long hill where you can't coast. I have experience in useing this method as I said above and...
Um, couldn't you have just said it might damage it...? Which in the long run would reduce its life... ... ... What I'm looking for is facts. Not that it might, because "how much damage" is the question I posted in the first place. I can save $500 or more a year like this, but that's not worth...
I have a 2005 Mazda 6, AT, 4 speed... I was wondering how much harm does it do to the transmission if you were to put the car into neutral just as you go down a hill then put it back into drive once the hill levels out? Of course this saves gas and allows you to increas speed. I used to drive an...