<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>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.  </div><div><br></div><div>Ben</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 12:27 PM Jeff Scarbrough <<a href="mailto:fishplate@gmail.com" target="_blank">fishplate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>It depends.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">1.   Will it get sufficient splash lubrication?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">2.  Will you burn out your brakes holding a coasting car back instead of letting the engine do the braking?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I've always heard that at best, it really doesn't help much.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div>-- Jeff<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 11:00  <<a href="mailto:eric@megageek.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">eric@megageek.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">I'm putting this out to the group to get
some opinions from the real experts here.</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">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?</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">I'm not worried about fuel savings,
just is coasting in neutral with the clutch release.</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Any thoughts?</font>
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