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In neutral, no rpm drop?
I was driving my wife's new 2008 Ford Focus today.
It is an automatic transmission.
Anyway, I thought I'd try popping it in neutral while coasting down a hill to do a little "hypermiling". To my surprise, the RPMs stayed right where they were! (1500 rmp) I tried this a couple more times during my drive and experienced the same result. The RPMs stayed the same as just taking my foot off the gas and coasting in drive.
Idle in park is 900ish RPM, so I was quite surprised...
Anyone know what's going on???
By the way, the 2008 Focus is really really nice. We got 42 mpg on a trip last week by driving 60mph with the AC running.
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