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Originally Posted by //<86TA>\\
just a little hint or sarcasm in that estimate, but my point is, let the engine slow the car down. If the car is rolling at 50mph, in neutral and you just use the brakes to stop, you are putting a lot of stress on the brakes that is really no nessicairy
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That's what kinda confused me at first. Coasting to me is tranny in neutral, car rolling, no braking (engine or mechanical) at all. Everything else is braking, whether it be engine braking or mechanical braking. I think very few people are actually coasting to a stop, but are instead leaving the car in gear and using engine as a brake until it is no longer effective, then downshifting and doing it again....That is not coasting, to me anyway. Truly coasting and using only the mechanical brakes, would be harder on the brakes.
Chris