05-16-2011, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Masa
Well the way I was taught - if you are going at a speed like that it's always safer to be in gear so you are ready to move and react if something should arise.
Also, coasting at speed in neutral - oil starvation + waste of gas. Leaving it in gear while coasting wastes no gas and your car is read to move if needed.
Neutral has throttle body on idle speed = fuel being used
In gear while coasting = throttle body shut so no gas being wasted on idle
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In no way, shape or form is putting the car in neutral wasting gas. Infact, if you're cruising at a "higher speed" (IE 80mph) and go into neutral, the car reads you're getting a higher MPG simply because the engine is not cranking/producing RPM's.
Last edited by Bleek; 05-16-2011 at 11:55 AM.
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