Well, if your foot has to be firmly on the bake pedal - I think that means no P&G. At leaset not with the engine off.
I've been doing what P&G I can with engine idling in neutral. My owners manual lets me shut down if coasting up to 40 mph but I usually don't like to do it. Gotta use the battery to restart, headlights blink out to upset other drivers, etc. etc.
I don't have a
ScanGauge or SuperMID so I can't prove that coasting with engine idling saves fuel, but I think it does. But obviously not as much as if you can shut it off!
I'm pretty sure my next car will have a standard tranny. Thing is, Volvos last approximately forever so it may be quite a while.
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Check your tire pressure - keep it up !!
We've learned that diet has a closer relationship to cancer than we ever thought. Please see this Wikipedia article on
The China Study.
Driving Lean Burn '97 Civic HX, lotsa mods by now! '89 Volvo 240 is semi-retired. I did love that car though!
