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Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 21:17:26 -0500
From: Adam Smith <asmith@hereintown.net>
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This can be a good idea for extended stops. When the transmission is in
Drive and the car is stopped, the 600-1000 rpm idle speed of the engine
is fully absorbed by the transmission. It's a normal operating
condition, but it's not the best thing for it.

However, I'd only shift into neutral during long stops. And if I was at
a stoplight and someone came flying up behind me, I would rather be in
drive..


> My Honda civic owner's manual says that whenever I'm idling, I should
> put the transmission in neutral.  I wonder if this is a good practice
> and if so, by doing this, what good does it do to an automatic
> transmission?
