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night9 · 07-20-2012, 06:16 PM

I think the real concern is not the coasting in neutral (as long as the car is running) but actually putting the car back in gear from nuetral at speed repeatedly that may wear components on the transmision faster. Any thoughts on that?

07-20-2012, 06:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
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