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Old 09-19-2007, 05:07 PM   #79 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Johnbro
in gear not touching the gas = no gas into the cylinders
neutral=car has to give gas to idle=more gas

Technically your right except that the fact that you can coast 3-5x as far in neutral so you can back off the gas earlier.
Trust me, if i hypermile i can get 40 MPG in my Si, and thats w/o engine braking, i just never have enough patience to hypermile for very long .
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