[Shop-talk] Coast in Neutral -the next great debate

[Benjamin Zwissler]

I was taught in drivers ed, now 45 years ago, that in Indiana "coasting"
was illegal, as the car was considered out of control.  I assumed that the
reasoning was if your brakes failed you might not be able to get it back in
gear and use engine braking.   Seems a moot point these days as modern cars
all have synchros and the brakes are much better than they used to be.

I do know there's been some fatal hay-ride tractor accidents when the
driver coasted, couldn't get the tractor back in gear and the tractor
brakes were completely inadequate to stop the tractor and trailer.

Ben

On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 12:27 PM Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:

> It depends.
>
> 1.   Will it get sufficient splash lubrication?
>
> 2.  Will you burn out your brakes holding a coasting car back instead of
> letting the engine do the braking?
>
> I've always heard that at best, it really doesn't help much.
>
>
> -- Jeff
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 11:00 <eric at megageek.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm putting this out to the group to get some opinions from the real
>> experts here.
>>
>> If you put a manually car or truck in neutral and release the clutch
>> while going down long hills or coming to a stop at a intersection, are you
>> doing any damage?
>>
>> I'm not worried about fuel savings, just is coasting in neutral with the
>> clutch release.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
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