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Old 03-31-2013, 04:15 AM   #74 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Atheria View Post
... I do need to clarify that I coast in neutral with the car's engine ON. RedDevil, your comments sound like you thought my engine was off...
It was just to show that it can handle that easily. The strain on the clutch when bringing a stalled engine up to speed is bigger than when its idling, of course.
But underrevving on clutch engage is less of a problem than overrevving.
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