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Originally Posted by Blaze5012
MDTRD is right i believe. and if you think about when you shift to nuetral the truck is not using the momentum to keep the engine turning, but if you leave it in gear it should use the momentum to keep fuel consumption close to 0.
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WRONG........EVERY car made coasts faster in neutral, you are not using the engine compression and drag when in neutral, its impossible for it to NOT coast faster. WHAT MOMENTUM are you referring to?? Its the weight of the vehicle rolling down a hill that makes it coast faster, minus any drag from air, tire rolling resistance, and any drive train drag, and engine compression. The engine is IDLING whether you have it in gear or neutral, so COMMON SENSE tells you that if you coast faster in neutral you are going FURTHER on the SAME amount of gas.....!!
