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Originally Posted by xDrive50i
Shenard, I think you are also experiencing engine brake. Try to shift into neutral and see what a difference it makes. Just remember that on a BMW, you can only shift back into drive if you apply breaks! So don't try this in mid traffic with other drivers behind you 
On my other cars, I used to shift into neutral when I was approaching an intersection with lights that were about to change to red or were red. I would shift back into drive once it changed to green and apply the accelerator. The first time I tried that on my wife's xDrive version BMW, it let me shift into neutral just fine, however it did NOT let me shift back into drive. I had to stop the car and shift back into drive. By now I figured out that I can shift into neutral and shift back into drive if I am decelerating by applying the breaks and just before I lift the foot off the break, I shift back into drive and then I can accelerate again. I don't do this very often anymore, at least not as often as I used to. It used to help a LOT in reducing the gas consumption (better gas millage) on my other cars! |
Modern cars don't use any gas when coasting in gear.