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    #32
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users Posts: 26,282 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    Indricotherium wrote: »
    I nearly always reverse into parking spots.

    same applies, Drive up , Reverse in , Park , it the most effective layout for most journeys.


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    #33
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,404 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    James Bond Junior wrote: »
    Ive been wondering, what would happen if you put an auto in N at high speeds? Would you need to coast to a stop or would it go back into whatever gear you needed to be in at the speed you are doing?

    Nah, it'd be kinda like pressing the clutch and letting it up again. Can't be good for the transmission, but it wouldn't be dramatic. If you matched the revs reasonably well you could do it smoother. That's on a normal torque converter anyway.


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    James Bond Junior
    Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Nah, it'd be kinda like pressing the clutch and letting it up again. Can't be good for the transmission, but it wouldn't be dramatic. If you matched the revs reasonably well you could do it smoother. That's on a normal torque converter anyway.

    Don't think I'll give it a go either way!!


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    #35
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    James Bond Junior wrote: »
    Ive been wondering, what would happen if you put an auto in N at high speeds? Would you need to coast to a stop or would it go back into whatever gear you needed to be in at the speed you are doing?

    You'l can put an auto in nuetral at any point, as a safety features I suppose.

    You have to have the brake pedal pressed to enter reverse or drive so it's not always possible to re-select a gear while the car is rolling.

    I can do it in the Honda at times but that is semi auto. If I'm coasting downhill at 15-20kmh I just tap the brake and pop it in to drive and it goes in perfectly smooth. Might be different with a torque converter box.


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    #36
    Cheensbo
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    Put it in N - plant the boot - drop it into D -

    Not sure if that's the correct procedure but it's how i got the auto pajero to do donuts anyway.

    The manual ones were waaaaaay more fun to be fair.


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    #37
    Indricotherium
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Indricotherium


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    You'l can put an auto in nuetral at any point, as a safety features I suppose.

    You have to have the brake pedal pressed to enter reverse or drive so it's not always possible to re-select a gear while the car is rolling.

    I can do it in the Honda at times but that is semi auto. If I'm coasting downhill at 15-20kmh I just tap the brake and pop it in to drive and it goes in perfectly smooth. Might be different with a torque converter box.

    I can definitely put my Honda in d while rolling in N


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    #38
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,404 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    You'l can put an auto in nuetral at any point, as a safety features I suppose.

    You have to have the brake pedal pressed to enter reverse or drive so it's not always possible to re-select a gear while the car is rolling.

    I can do it in the Honda at times but that is semi auto. If I'm coasting downhill at 15-20kmh I just tap the brake and pop it in to drive and it goes in perfectly smooth. Might be different with a torque converter box.

    Depends on the car.


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