[Atheria]

I just talked to a mechanic at my local Toyota/Scion dealership and he promised me that coasting in neutral with my car turned on would not hurt my automatic transmission. He said the only possible issue is that I would be putting the car in drive much more often (obviously) than a "normal driver". As long as I go back into drive smoothly and don't clunk the transmission, and as long as I change my transmission fluid as needed, I should be okay. There have been some times lately when it has just BUGGED me that I couldn't throw it into neutral.....great hills where I probably could have gone for miles without ever hitting the gas. :-)