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Old 06-04-2008, 04:14 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I would never EOC with an automatic unless I knew everything about it's design. Coasting in Neutral is easy for me because I have a manual tranny. The RPMs drop much closer to idle, and the Scangauge *shows* me how much MPG I am gaining. Coasting in neutral is a big part of Pulse and Glide (the mild kind with engine on). I don't know what the benefit will be in an auto because they're designs are less "predictable" in terms of their design/behavior.

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