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Old 08-14-2009, 10:30 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
I'm not so sure, the metro actually makes gear noise and seems to decelerate faster in gear (clutch disengaged) vs in neutral (clutch in or out).
That's because when you leave it in gear, you're also spinning the clutch disc and input shaft, and your clutch is probably not adjusted properly, and thus dragging slightly on either the flywheel or the pressure plate, but not enough to cause significant trouble when shifting, or even noticeable trouble.

Even if you're not dragging your clutch, you're still wasting more of the momentum to spin the clutch disc while you're in gear.

The nature of a manual transmission leaves all the gears engaged on each other 100% of the time.
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