'96 Silverado vs 2009 Outback

[Piotrsko]

From the test tech point of view: until you start getting data from various elements, everything is conjecture.

However: tires on the subie inflated to above 25psi?

[vteco]

Tires are properly inflated.

Engine is turning a consistent 1500 RPM with foot off gas after topping hill and heading down. Idle is normally half that. The engine sounds like a downshifted standard transmission with clutch out. Speed does not increase going downhill. The feeling of engine braking is palpable.

Theory is a nicer and more science oriented word than conjecture.

My theory is that there is engine braking going on in a pedal-off downhill coast.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by vteco

Enhanced engine braking.....! Heh, that's a new one, cr.

That was a claim from Nissan, about the electronic programming of its CVT fitted to the 1st-generation Murano. My only experiences with a CVT were in my mother's 2019 Toyota Yaris, mostly inner-city and with little to no steep hills to find out how the CVT would disturb engine braking. But anyway, as I drove it in a much more conservative way than my mother, I noticed she had to brake more often than I would expect her to do in a similar car with manual transmission.

[Piotrsko]

Easiest way to check for overrun is a intake vacuum gauge stuck somewhere on the intake port.