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Old 07-23-2008, 12:02 AM   #3 (permalink)
bryn
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yup, you can neutral coast in an auto, i do it all the time.
be really careful about shifting in/out of neutral.

if you are going to EOC rember you can only restart your car in neutral or park.
make sure the neutral position is working properly somewhere that won't be a problem if you have to come to a complete stop.

shifting past neutral into reverse is bad, and very easy to do in my car. that said it is not as bad as in a manual shift. at 45mph it only skretched the tires for a split second. then stalled my engine. the tourqe converter alowed enough slip to coast till i could get it back into neutral and restart.

i destroyed my first volkswagon's manual trans. downshifting past first and going into reverse by accident first week with the car.
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