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Every AT car I've ever driven had an idiot latch system that allows you to shift freely between N and D without having to engage the shift lock, whether it be by pulling back on the lever on a sterring column mounted shifter, or pushing in the button. The nice thing about this is you can blindly shift between the two without accidentally engaging R or 2 (or whatever your car has.)
I've recently coasted from 75 to 65, then pulled it back into drive, then after a couple seconds to allow the transmission to get into gear, go on about my business. Now mind you this is an electronic controlled trans in a 98 maxima. But I've done the same in a 91 LeSabre and a 91 Ford Explorer and a 90 ford tempo and a 85 Nissan Maxima and a 95 Pontiac minivan and a 89 Oldsmobile minivan and a 85 Ford F-150 and a 92 Isuzu Pickup and they ALL acted the same and none of them burned up the transmissions. Only time i burned up a transmission was when I engaged D on a nonrunning engine, and even then it still worked, just overdrive engaged weirdly.
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 RIP Maxima 1997-2012
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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