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brucepick · 12-21-2007, 08:14 PM

Well, if your foot has to be firmly on the bake pedal - I think that means no P&G. At leaset not with the engine off.

I've been doing what P&G I can with engine idling in neutral. My owners manual lets me shut down if coasting up to 40 mph but I usually don't like to do it. Gotta use the battery to restart, headlights blink out to upset other drivers, etc. etc.

I don't have a ScanGauge or SuperMID so I can't prove that coasting with engine idling saves fuel, but I think it does. But obviously not as much as if you can shut it off!

I'm pretty sure my next car will have a standard tranny. Thing is, Volvos last approximately forever so it may be quite a while.

12-21-2007, 08:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	Well, if your foot has to be firmly on the bake pedal - I think that means no P&G. At leaset not with the engine off. I've been doing what P&G I can with engine idling in neutral. My owners manual lets me shut down if coasting up to 40 mph but I usually don't like to do it. Gotta use the battery to restart, headlights blink out to upset other drivers, etc. etc. I don't have a ScanGauge or SuperMID so I can't prove that coasting with engine idling saves fuel, but I think it does. But obviously not as much as if you can shut it off! I'm pretty sure my next car will have a standard tranny. Thing is, Volvos last approximately forever so it may be quite a while. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016. Last edited by brucepick; 12-21-2007 at 10:03 PM..