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Curious to know people's thoughts on why we would shift out of drive after the car is max normal operating temp....almost all new cars or newer cars have automatic fuel shut off upon letting off the pedal. This must be something I'm not up to speed on, because I see this a lot around the site.
The SGII suggests the same thing. Why lose your steering or shift into neutral at all, again, AFTER the car is "room temp"? Seems like the 9th gen Accord-2.4L-CVT needs to be 150* and higher to 0GPH out on the gauge. Honda's instant mpg gauge says the same thing.
Does shutting the car off AFTER the car is room temp actually save gas on coasts?
In my 9th gen Accord, shifting into neutral from drive when the car is 175*, MPG's actually decrease. When coasting from a normal speed (say 35-55 or above), the 9th gen will 9out (instant mpg on SGII) or 0 out (GPH on SGII), all the way to roughly 10mph. What I like to do upon hitting 10mph is then shift into neutral or **** the car off and coast to my parking spot. Doing this in the 9th gen shows me 5-10mpg rolling increase (neutral after hitting 10mph) vs staying in Drive.
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