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Stick - Driving tips ??
C.G.Senthilkumar. 6 April 2005 07:47:25
	This question is regarding shifting down gears when coming to a full stop, as at a stop-sign. When I'm driving at, say, 30 mph and approaching a stop sign, I remove my foot from the gas and shift to neutral straight from 4th gear even when I'm about 100 yards from the stop sign. I let the momentum carry my car until the stop-sign. I think this would save fuel. But I'm afraid, this might spoil the transmission and/or clutch. I'm not sure if this is bad to the car. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
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Guest 6 April 2005 14:52:19 [ permanent link ]
	It won't hurt the clutch or transmission, but I've always downshifted without releasing the clutch as I approach a stop. That way if for any reason I have to take evasive action I'm already in the correct gear to do it. On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 03:47:25 +0000 (UTC), "C.G.Senthilkumar." <cheetanc@pc49.cs.ucdavis.edu> wrote: This question is regarding shifting down gears when coming to a full stop,>as at a stop-sign. When I'm driving at, say, 30 mph and approaching a stop>sign, I remove my foot from the gas and shift to neutral straight from 4th>gear even when I'm about 100 yards from the stop sign. I let the momentum>carry my car until the stop-sign.> I think this would save fuel. But I'm afraid, this might spoil the>transmission and/or clutch. I'm not sure if this is bad to the car.> Any thoughts?> Thanks in advance.
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J . Yazel 6 April 2005 23:51:25 [ permanent link ]
	On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 03:47:25 +0000 (UTC), "C.G.Senthilkumar." <cheetanc@pc49.cs.ucdavis.edu> wrote: This question is regarding shifting down gears when coming to a full stop,>as at a stop-sign. When I'm driving at, say, 30 mph and approaching a stop>sign, I remove my foot from the gas and shift to neutral straight from 4th>gear even when I'm about 100 yards from the stop sign. I let the momentum>carry my car until the stop-sign.> I think this would save fuel. But I'm afraid, this might spoil the>transmission and/or clutch. I'm not sure if this is bad to the car.> Any thoughts?> Thanks in advance. ========================== It's pretty hard on the brake life.
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Mike Romain 7 April 2005 18:38:31 [ permanent link ]
	Doing that is highly illegal if there is any slope to the road. Nearly all areas of the world say it is a 'big' no no to coast in neutral down any slope. It also appears to be a subjective law. The cop's word vs yours eh. I 'have' been pulled over for doing exactly what you describe on a down hill in Canada. Either the cop saw the shifting action or he noticed the way the vehicle 'floats' with the suspension unloaded like he said and other cops have said when it gets brought up. It is far too easy to lose control. Even sitting at a stop light in neutral isn't a good idea and is frowned on in some areas. If you are in neutral, you might not have time to get it in gear to get out of the way if someone misses the light or turn or whatever. I normally use 3rd while coming to the stop, then shift to 1st while waiting to go. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's "C.G.Senthilkumar." wrote:> This question is regarding shifting down gears when coming to a full stop,> as at a stop-sign. When I'm driving at, say, 30 mph and approaching a stop> sign, I remove my foot from the gas and shift to neutral straight from 4th> gear even when I'm about 100 yards from the stop sign. I let the momentum> carry my car until the stop-sign.> I think this would save fuel. But I'm afraid, this might spoil the> transmission and/or clutch. I'm not sure if this is bad to the car.> Any thoughts?> Thanks in advance.
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C.G.Senthilkumar. 9 April 2005 03:42:16 [ permanent link ]
	J. Yazel <jyazel@ds.net> wrote:> It's pretty hard on the brake life. Why? It's just coasting. I'm not applying the break at all until I get close to the stop sign. -- Today's fortune: "The porcupine with the sharpest quills gets stuck on a tree more often."
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Peter D . Hipson 9 April 2005 17:02:30 [ permanent link ]
	On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 23:42:16 +0000 (UTC), "C.G.Senthilkumar." <cheetanc@pc49.cs.ucdavis.edu> wrote: J. Yazel <jyazel@ds.net> wrote:>> It's pretty hard on the brake life.>Why? It's just coasting. I'm not applying the break at all>until I get close to the stop sign. you loose the engine braking effect, which contributes substantially to the stopping effect, resulting in even more braking needed. Heaven forbid should you ever have to drive in a mountainous area! YOu'll probably crash on the first real downhill intersection. Where we are, (mountains) we see this frequently when flatlanders come up for the summer. By the time they are at the bottom their brakes are smoking, the pads a glazed, and it is all they can do to stop. And, sometimes they can't. As others mention, it is dangerous.
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Fb_francis 13 April 2005 01:09:51 [ permanent link ]
	"C.G.Senthilkumar." wrote: > This question is regarding shifting down gears when coming to > a full stop, > as at a stop-sign. When I'm driving at, say, 30 mph and > approaching a stop > sign, I remove my foot from the gas and shift to neutral > straight from 4th > gear even when I'm about 100 yards from the stop sign. I let > the momentum > carry my car until the stop-sign. > I think this would save fuel. But I'm afraid, this might spoil > the > transmission and/or clutch. I'm not sure if this is bad to the > car. > Any thoughts? > Thanks in advance. If you’re foot’s off the gas, it wouldn’t matter either way, but keeping it in gears saves the brakes. The only way you could use more gas with your foot off the accelerator is if you had a carberator AND a mechanical fuel pump, but that’s a pretty rare combination on late model cars. -- Posted using the http://www.autoforumz.com interface, at author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.autoforumz.com/General-Discussion-Stick-Driving-tips-ftopict110942.html Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.autoforumz.com/eform.php?p=525450
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