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Originally Posted by UnicycleDan
Do you have to worry about your engine, though, when you kick it back out of neutral into drive and your vehicle's speed is very different from the neutral engine speed? The engine will be forced to ramp up to the appropriate RPMs for that speed fairly quickly. I know this is what your transmission/torque converter is for, but will this cause increased wear on these parts in the long run?
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Turn off radio and everything else that can make noise, and listen to your engine and transmission. Get up to 70mph and put it in Neutral, then coast down to 65 and put it in drive, you shouldn't hear it go VROOOOOOOOOOOM then go down, it should be a smooth transition. My friends 92 crown Victoria did this, so he couldn't coast in neutral, but my camry simply matched the gear appropriate to the speed of the car and it always dropped in smooth.