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By admin on June 9, 2008

Jorge V asked:


it doesn’t just have to be when going down hill…like when coming to a stop or a light or just coasting..does putting a car in neutral save gas.

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3 responses to “ Does putting an automatic car in neutral ...”

  1. shelynn102002
    shelynn102002
    June 9, 2008 at 11:07 am |

    I don’t know. It seems like it would be more likely to save your brakes.

  2. duce
    duce
    June 12, 2008 at 7:53 pm |

    No it doesn’t, as a matter of fact you may end up using more gas because the engine revs higher in neutral

  3. hermitofnorthdome
    hermitofnorthdome
    June 13, 2008 at 10:27 pm |

    it sure would not help the brakes as when the car is in gear the engine helps to hold it back

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