Anyone neutral down hill?

tiger858 · Post by **tiger858** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:55 pm

lol been doing it lately to see how many k's i could save just wondering if anyone else does it lol

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:40 pm

n0pe, rarely

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:41 am

Not a particularly safe practice...

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:21 pm

+1 and the amount of fuel it will save you is negligible.

Notice how all the car manufacturers are working their buts off to bring down fuel consumption figures for their cars? Also notice that none of them have resorted to having their cars shift into neutral when they're going down a hill? 'Nuff said.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:24 pm

and is shifting from neutral to drive(auto) while moving safe for your transmission?

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:08 pm

Keep doing it........we need spare parts

alekazam · Post by **alekazam** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:55 pm

actualy jeremy clarkson god of all things motor sed that angel gear (neutral ) only works on older non EFI engines, and in fact uses more fuel as the EFI computer cuts fuel to the engine when its in gear and the excelerator is not depressed. but when in neutral it needs a little bit fuel to keep the engine ticking over.

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:20 pm

I8A4RE wrote:Keep doing it........we need spare parts

lol

youll save even more fuel if you just switch the car off when your going down hills

Post by **Supplanter** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:57 pm

SchumieFan wrote:
I8A4RE wrote:Keep doing it........we need spare parts
lol

youll save even more fuel if you just switch the car off when your going down hills

Buy a bicycle, no wait, just stay home.

Kustom · Post by **Kustom** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:34 am

Supplanter wrote:
SchumieFan wrote:
I8A4RE wrote:Keep doing it........we need spare parts
lol

youll save even more fuel if you just switch the car off when your going down hills
Buy a bicycle, no wait, just stay home.

Lmao, hey i was just wondering, when you are gear braking down a hill or something, and your at 3000 revs or whatevs, is that using as much fuel as u would be using if driving normally at 3000 revs? ..

Preety sure it dusn't but just making sure :S

topao · Post by **topao** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:21 am

[quote="SchumieFan]

youll save even more fuel if you just switch the car off when your going down hills[/quote]

You know there are people that stupid, then they wonder why it is that they can't steer

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:46 am

topao wrote:
SchumieFan wrote:
youll save even more fuel if you just switch the car off when your going down hills
You know there are people that stupid, then they wonder why it is that they can't steer

yeah there was one in the news just a few months ago

Kustom · Post by **Kustom** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:43 am

I8A4RE wrote:
topao wrote:
SchumieFan wrote:
youll save even more fuel if you just switch the car off when your going down hills
You know there are people that stupid, then they wonder why it is that they can't steer
yeah there was one in the news just a few months ago

Your kidding, right? LOL

topao · Post by **topao** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:52 am

Kustom_FTO wrote:
I8A4RE wrote:
topao wrote:
SchumieFan wrote:
youll save even more fuel if you just switch the car off when your going down hills
You know there are people that stupid, then they wonder why it is that they can't steer
yeah there was one in the news just a few months ago
Your kidding, right? LOL

Nah he's not, a guy and his gf got killed in Tas when he turned off his car to save on Petrol and he went into incoming traffic

Here's the link http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/854 ... ave-petrol

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:14 pm

... now just to find the link to his Darwin nomination...

Interesting question about fuel consumption of 3000rpm engine braking vs 3000rpm accelerating... I always thought that it would be using much less petrol, but last time I said that on here I got shot down. Not sure if anyone presented any convincing sources though...

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:21 pm

i dont think its the amount of revs that make the difference in fuel consumption, i mean, in 2nd gear youd be using more fuel from a standing start to bring the car upto 3000 revs than you would if you were in 1st gear... make sense?

dunno if it does but it seems reasonable to me, all about air/fuel mix

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:24 pm

by the by, whilst switched off you can still steer my car, the wheel does not lock (yeah but no power steering)

not that its a good idea!

Kustom · Post by **Kustom** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:27 am

SchumieFan wrote:by the by, whilst switched off you can still steer my car, the wheel does not lock (yeah but no power steering)

not that its a good idea!

Same but arn't the brakes powered aswell? so no braking either? I tihnk you have one hit on them, then they go hard, I dunno about the FTO but for my old car anyway.
Id say it would be the same

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:58 pm

its not my fto its my sx4.... not that i wanna go for a hoon and switch the car off and see but im pretty sure youd still have brakes till you run out of pressure

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:01 pm

Brakes get progressively less useful as the brake booster isn't being maintained.

If you know it's going to happen and you're planning to stop, you should be okay. It's when something unexpected happens that you're screwed.