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Yes, you can put it in D just as soon as you let off the key and the engine is started. Gentle on the accelerator until you start moving, though.
If you've got a back road and some time, you can put a manual button on the starter solenoid and that will allow you to crank in any gear, so that you can see how your vehicle would react to being started in D or R or any other setting. It *shouldn't* damage the transmission, but it will work the starter a little harder. It may save you a gram or two of fuel on restarts while you're waiting for the transmission to engage back to D, etc.
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I'd like to think that people might open their eyes at some point... instead, I find it more and more likely that I'll just close mine.
-- Author kept secret.
Je ne veux pas d'une meilleure vie. Je veux être heureux avec celle que j'ai maintenant.
(I do not want a better life. I want to be happy with the one I have now.)
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