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The creep you're referring to in an automatic is in drive (or other modes besides park and neutral). Neutral functions similarly to neutral on a manual transmis
by vinay427 7y ago
The creep you're referring to in an automatic is in drive (or other modes besides park and neutral). Neutral functions similarly to neutral on a manual transmission car.
- userbinator 7y agoThere's no solid coupling, but in neutral the viscous drag through the clutches (especially when the fluid is cold) is often enough to transmit some force to the output shaft; and as anyone who has pushed around vehicles on a flat level surface would know, it doesn't take that much force to start a car rolling. However, stopping one that's moving even very slowly with no actual power behind it is surprisingly hard due to the inertia alone (I've manually moved around cars in a shop before, and had my fair share of bumps and bruises --- no crushes, fortunately.)