I’ve found myself constantly shifting my automatic car into neutral and just letting it coast whenever I can in order to save gas. Is this an effective technique or can I ruin my car that way?
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What about if they are 4cyl, 6cyl, etc. I am spending too much money on gas and in need of getting a car that doesn’t waste alot of gas. If I get a car thats manual, will the parts for the car be more expensive or the same? I heard that manual cars (stick shift) saves more gas than automatic, is that true?
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I’m wondering if I’ll conserve gas if I shift my car into neuteral while sitting at long lights and waiting in rush hour traffic. It’s an automatic transmission, a Pontiac Grand Am SE with a V6 engine.
Also: if this DOES conserve gas, is it worth it or will it be hard on the engine, transmission, etc?
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For example, when you are going downhill, you put your car in neutral so you won’t have to press the throttle, do you actually save fuel or it doesn’t make any difference at all?
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I own a 1994 Dodge Shadow ES (executive sedan) Automatic 2.2L 4 cylinder economy car. I use hypermiling to boost my Miles Per Gallon. One hypermiling technique is to shift your car into park or neutral when idling for more then 30seconds at a stop light. I have been trying this while placing my shadow in PARK. This has shown a considerable increase. Should I instead place it in NEUTRAL rather then PARK? NEUTRAL is just above DRIVE on the shifter and so it would be easy to change from NEUTRAL to PARK when the light turns green. When I placing it in park at a stop light there is a 5-10 second lag in the time it takes me to shift it to drive from the park position, so the cars behind me will have to wait to resume acceleration once the light turns green. Would placing it in NEUTRAL lead to better MPG then if I used PARK?
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Filed under Gas Conservation FAQ by on Feb 20th, 2010. 5 Comments.
You hear about what people call “hypermiling” to get better gas millage, and coasting is one of the things they recommend, but is it harmful to the engine to shift between drive and neutral while moving?
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