Shifting into Neutral to Save Gas?

[Back2DTM]

Wow that is very bad for your car, bud.

Originally Posted by TriGem2k

Who SERIOULSY buys a Porsche thinking "Well it’s good on gas"???

Today I took my car to work with me just for fun.

I went to the bank, parked the car, left the Car & A/C running for 20mins, came back, drove to another bank, parked my car, left the Car & A/C running for about 35mins, then drove it back to my office. Shifted gears between 4-5.5k RPM every time.

When a car is this much fun, who cares about an extra 5MPG?

Maybe you should just buy a Prius and then shift that into neutral & turn off the engine while coasting.

[JCL12]

Back to the initial topic -

Bottom line: Is going from D-->N to eliminate engine braking for gas saving purposes (down hills and red lights) going to be bad on the tranny or not?

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Originally Posted by JCL12

Back to the initial topic -

Bottom line: Is going from D-->N to eliminate engine braking for gas saving purposes (down hills and red lights) going to be bad on the tranny or not?

the tranny can take it, but itz alot of wasted effort on your part...

[Even Steven]

Originally Posted by JCL12

Back to the initial topic -

Bottom line: Is going from D-->N to eliminate engine braking for gas saving purposes (down hills and red lights) going to be bad on the tranny or not?

Did you read my post? You will not save gas by going into neutral...you'll actually use more gas by doing that.

[Perfectlap]

The Boxster has AC?
NICE! could never figure out what all those buttons with snow flakes meant.

If its above 60F, the top is down....People always accuse me of going tanning at the fake bake. I tell them its true I have a tanning machine, it has a 250 HP boxer engine straight from Stuggart.