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Old 06-04-2013, 07:48 PM   #5 (permalink)
Gealii
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Originally Posted by LeZX2 View Post
I agree with gealii, pulse and glide is mainly a manual tranny technique.
In my 5spd car i can pulse then eoc for a long time, then bump start and rev match into gear. With an auto the coast down time in gear is usually too small to give benefit and with every auto ive tried it doesn't feel right to toggle between drive and N.
I would just do what seems to work best
you should try a GM car. our trannys automatically shift into neutral (If in D)when in gear coasting so we get the benefit of neutral gliding with dfco. Yes p&g is much more efficient in manuals, but p&g can work in autos
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