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Old 06-26-2008, 03:20 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Hello,

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Originally Posted by bryn View Post
i could idle in a lower gear but its a 3.8 liter engine lots of gas just to do that
On a lot of cars, downshifting shuts off the fuel to the engine.

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