Bill Cardell wrote: > Does the slowing from the wheels > driving the car (which then has to re-accelerate more than if the car > coasted) outweigh shutting off the fuel?
I have to believe that the losses from running that big air pump from the wheels far outweigh the fuel burned idling. I have a 5 or so mile run on my commute that I can dead-stick. I'll have to play with the trip computer in the Audi. :) > As far as safety aspect, I had > an audi that did this from the factory. 5000TD, if your foot was > completely off the gas it free-wheeled. Automatic or manual? Lots of automatic transmissions have an overrun clutch such that there's no engine braking in top gear. I know the 727 Torqueflite in my old Jeep was that way. And yes, it's very strange. I still get caught out occasionally by the asymmetry of the turbo motor in the A6. Not nearly as much compression braking as there is power under boost. ;) _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
