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Old 03-04-2011, 01:39 PM   #15 (permalink)
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...beats walking...
 
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...an engine idling against the torque converter is under load which increases its fuel consumption.

...slipping the automatic transmission into neutral at a stop is one of the "new tricks" Detroit has discovered and is implementing in new cars...GM does this in the 6T40 6A tranny in the Cruze.
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