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Old 02-23-2008, 02:33 PM   #8 (permalink)
DifferentPointofView
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yea, pretty much. It's really just the places between each gear that gets worn down.

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I've decided it cancels out either way, since at the bottom of the hill in gear you'd have to use a little more fuel to get back to the speed you'd have been if coasting in neutral, but you have not had to bother with shifting, etc.
I don't know why, and I don't know how come, but I slow down when I put it into neutral. If I'm going 55 at the top of a hill, at the bottom I will be going over 65 while in gear, but only hit 60 while in neutral. Both tests I have done on the same hill. It makes me wonder whether my engine uses the same amount of fuel whether it's in neutral or in gear
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Yea.. I drive a Jeep and I'm on a fuel economy site, but you just wouldn't understand... "It's a Jeep thing!" *Jeep Wave*

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