rollerbldes

Put your car to neutral at the stoplight. It can save you a bit of gas.

D at stoplight = .55gal/hour fuel
N at stoplight = .48gal/hour fuel

JTtheDude

How did you get those numbers? Cobb AP?

tajabaho1

he has a computer OBDII tap

Silver_Surfer

wOW! Thats a lot! Maybe I should start coasting up to trafic lights in "N" more.

rotarygod

I used to put my car in "off" at stoplights.

Silver_Surfer

Maybe I should get out and push it through drive-throughs?

TeamRX8

iTrader: (25)

how much does a rebuild cost from the added wear and tear ?

Silver_Surfer

OK, How Much?

WVBoosted8

iTrader: (5)

I dont see how its wear and tear just by putting the car in neutral.

Clavius

I save that much gas just by taking a HUGE Dump before leaving for work.. its true.. oh yes its true!

Acoustix

Won't that cause the tranny to overwork? In the long run, could it warrant a tranny overhaul and offset whatever gas savings u might've saved?

Silver_Surfer

To do what? Put the car in netural at stops?

Now if the OP was talking about coasting in netural with engine off or flat towing with the engine off(Too save gas ) thats a different story.

tajabaho1

no, he just meant by putting the car in N while at stops cus it will idle lower than in D

I think

rite??

rollerbldes

Right. Stoplight appears three time in my post.

05rex8

iTrader: (7)

not driving saves lots of gas too

oh and not eating tacos

DMRH

Dont know if Mazda still do it in the RX-8 owners manual........but

In the owners manuals of the JDM version Eunos Cosmo (90-95) + JDM Mazda RX-7 auto (92-02). Mazda tell owners to put the shifter into "N" at traffic lights or during extended stops.

Have been popping my box into "N" since the day I purchased my 03-model.

Had a Eunos Cosmo for 6-years now & been doing the same to it. ZERO negative effects

REgards

Huey52

iTrader: (2)

I have an MT. My '8, by definition, is always in 'neutral' at stoplights.