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Originally Posted by Christ
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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dcb -
What part of that post had anything to do with what you said?
You said that when you left the car in gear, it decelerated noticeably fast. I was
agreeing with you, and explaining (for the benefit of those who don't know) that when you leave the gear selector engaged, with the clutch disengaged, that you're still spinning the entire gearbox, thus making more friction, which explains why you slow down faster in gear than out of gear.
Sorry if I offended you by assuming that your clutch (like most others) is still dragging slightly while disengaged, because unless it's purpose built, it's not 100% true, especially after being used, and will still drag slightly when disengaged... no offense was intended.