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Automatic Tranny Coasting

posted by  Goatman on  Thu Dec 27 07:32 CST 2007
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Not at all, I would say that your friend could save even more gas by shutting his car off going down the hill and that wouldn't hurt it either,

Modern fuel injection systems cut fuel off completely during deceleration. But there is power to be lost, and fuel to be saved by via the torque converter.






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