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Old 02-19-2020, 05:01 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I read through some discussions regarding the neutral coasting. Most people were convinced that it makes absolutely no sense to do that with such a modern CVT.


Regarding the manual mode: The car has D and S mode, you can intervene all the time with the paddle shifters. I use use the down shifter a lot for engine braking before corners of red lights.
When using the paddle shifters while driving in D mode, it's going back to automatic mode quickly, while during S Mode the car stays in the gear you've manually chosen for a longer time period.

But I think it makes no sense to intervene in terms of saving gas, because if you're using the gas pedal very softly, like I always do while fuel efficient driving, it's constantly at the lowest of the low possible rpms.

Thanks for the link, I'll read through that later.
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