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.
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Last edited by brucepick; 12-21-2007 at 10:03 PM..
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