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I have just moved into a new house. Don't ask me why I didn't care before I moved in, but the house is on a hill and the driveway is steep. 50 degrees at the least. If I am sitting at the bottom of my driveway it feels like I am just getting started on a tall roller coaster. The biggest issue is backing out. Should I use reverse or put it in neutral and let it roll down the hill. I am trying to maximize clutch life here. Reverse is kinda tough to keep the speeds down without keeping the clutch in a little. The driveway is short, something like 25 feet.
I heard that rolling the car around in neutral is bad. That is why i am asking.
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I heard that rolling the car around in neutral is bad. That is why i am asking.
Thanks.
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I agree. I don't think there's any problem coasting in neutral unless you're going down an extremely long, steep incline (e.g. Pike's Peak). On something extreme, they advise you to use the transmission to control your speed so that you don't overheat your brakes and brake fluid.
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yeah I have a similiar steep driveway and I usually just let it roll down. When I reach the bottom I'll put it in reverse and take it slow because if I go to fast and straight out, my front will bump on the curb.
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Re: Opinion
Originally posted by KrustyKlown
I have just moved into a new house. Don't ask me why I didn't care before I moved in, but the house is on a hill and the driveway is steep. 50 degrees at the least. If I am sitting at the bottom of my driveway it feels like I am just getting started on a tall roller coaster. The biggest issue is backing out. Should I use reverse or put it in neutral and let it roll down the hill. I am trying to maximize clutch life here. Reverse is kinda tough to keep the speeds down without keeping the clutch in a little. The driveway is short, something like 25 feet.
I heard that rolling the car around in neutral is bad. That is why i am asking.
Thanks.
I have just moved into a new house. Don't ask me why I didn't care before I moved in, but the house is on a hill and the driveway is steep. 50 degrees at the least. If I am sitting at the bottom of my driveway it feels like I am just getting started on a tall roller coaster. The biggest issue is backing out. Should I use reverse or put it in neutral and let it roll down the hill. I am trying to maximize clutch life here. Reverse is kinda tough to keep the speeds down without keeping the clutch in a little. The driveway is short, something like 25 feet.
I heard that rolling the car around in neutral is bad. That is why i am asking.
Thanks.
It would be unfortunate if rolling a car in neutral was "bad", since we do this almost everytime we bring the vehicle to a stop.
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We used to have a pretty steep driveway, maybe 1/3 mile long, and at one point it was 17 degrees (for only 20 feet or so). That was apparently not legal, since I think firetrucks can only take 15 degree inclines. 17 degrees doesn't sound very steep, but when you're standing at the top looking down, it sure feels it.
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I'll take a picture this weekend and see what you guys think about the grade... As for scraping, there is none. They at least had the good sense to make the bottom of the driveway level out gently.
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Pushing a car around in neutral with a manual trans is almost NEVER a problem. I regularly shift to neutral to coast downhills.
Automatics on the other hand, shouldn't be pushed around in neutral at high speeds (like towing, or downhill coasting), particularly with the engine off (or even at idle), because auto's require the engine running to operate the auto-trans fluid pump.
No such pump in the manual, so, coast away!
Automatics on the other hand, shouldn't be pushed around in neutral at high speeds (like towing, or downhill coasting), particularly with the engine off (or even at idle), because auto's require the engine running to operate the auto-trans fluid pump.
No such pump in the manual, so, coast away!
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