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Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech
With a modern engine, while the engine is coasting down, you would use no fuel since DFCO would likely cut off the fuel
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I'm talking about the fuel already used to accelerate the engine to the high rpm before the shift. The fact that no more fuel is used does not recover any energy that has been expended. Just letting this useful energy dissipate is a waste.
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The fact that a modern engine uses no fuel when coasting negates your argument.
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Hogwash!
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But regardless, the amount of fuel saved for that simple method of changing gears would be crazy small compared to the driving style shifting without the cltuch encourages compared to the driving style of the clutch fiend.
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No utilizing all opportunities to recover energy saves fuel. Popping the clutch burns the clutch not the fuel. The clutch was designed to wear, gears are not. Save fuel and your transmission by using the clutch.