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Using gears to slow your car uses more fuel vs just braking. Just saying / rant over / other clichéd sign off.
by jamesjguthrie 14y ago
Using gears to slow your car uses more fuel vs just braking.
Just saying / rant over / other clichéd sign off.
- jamesjguthrie 14y agoNote: perfectly matching revs while downshifting isn't using your gears to slow; it's just slowing.
- k00pa 14y agoFuel usage is 0 when you slow down without brakes... When you use brakes your engine needs fuel to idle. (Assuming you are using manual transmission, and on automatic you can force down the gear to do the same.)
- Toucan 14y agoWhen I use my brakes I don't put the car in neutral until I'm almost stopped. The fuel consumption is the same.
- RobotCaleb 14y agoSome cars even stop fuel flow if you're in gear but not applying gas. I think it's called Deceleration Fuel Cut-Off (DFCO).