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Originally Posted by ksa8907
if you're driving with an automatic, shutting the car off might not be the best idea. your torque converter which is bolted to the flywheel on the engine is also the pump that circulates transmission fluid through the transmission. with the engine off, the pump is not lubricating your transmission.
think about why when tow companies need to tow a rear wheel drive truck, they don't tow with the rear wheels on the ground unless they disconnect the drive shaft.
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True, if the car with an AT cannot be flat towed. The way it has been explained to me is that you should check the owner's manual to see if the car can be flat towed. If it can be flat towed, it can also coast, engine-off, in neutral. Is that incorrect?