03-30-2010, 12:35 PM | #1 |
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what would happen if...
your travelling with 100km/h and you shift (by mistake) to N (nutral gear)? It happened to me yesterday... i pushed the gear lever when trying to reach the cigar lighter and realised that i was running with >100km/h with N-Gear!!! I managed to stop the car safely, select D and run off again... Anybody knows what would happen if i shifted back to D while driving???
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03-30-2010, 01:15 PM | #3 |
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+1 I put the car in neutral going downhill, my MPG goes up to 99.9 MPG.
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03-30-2010, 09:27 PM | #7 | |
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I toyed with all variations of tranny and brakes after the Toyota fiasco. If my accelerator gets stuck, you can bet a dollar to a donut my X6 is stopping safely. Only piece missing is if you tap on the brake while pressing the gas, the power does not cut out. A simple software update would address that. Not sure why they would leave out something so simple. But the car does turn off/on, emerergncy brakes work, and shifting into neutral works as well when driving.
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This is how I drive fast enough and at the same time conserve fuel when slowing down or going down hill. BMW engine uses ZERO fuel when you are going down hill in D and not accelerating. Mass energy of the car is enough to run the engine and the car. But in N engine is not engaged to wheels hence needs fuel to run. Just reset the fuel AVG and try it. |
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Same goes when you are braking. So when you are approaching a red light brake slowly to reduce speed and spend less time idling. Let me know of your experience if you tired this. (By the way I think we have ) |
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03-31-2010, 02:08 AM | #11 |
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Best way to Save Gas
Put tranny in P, leave ignition off & put car in garage!
It defeats the purpose of ownership if u have to resort to these silly techniques. Try shutting the engine off at long traffic stoplites, like they do in europe. Last edited by archwerks; 03-31-2010 at 02:14 AM.. |
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