Originally posted by ODC:
When I'm preparing to stop I always go into neutral. It's illegal and unsafe, but I do it anyway.
Originally posted by DemonSVT:
Not only that but coasting out of gear is illegal and can be dangerous. The car is much more likely to stall. (no power steering or brakes)
Especially if you have to use the brakes which are powered by engine vacuum. Panic stops are not good when coasting in neutral because the sudden drop in manifold vacuum will probably stall the engine!
It's illegal?!?  I do it almost on a daily basis. On my way home from work there is a hill that's about a mile long, at the peak when going 50-55 I put it in neutral and coast all the way down. At the end, I have to slow down and turn and I've never had any problem with the brakes trying to stall the engine or anything like that. By the time I get to the bottom of the hill it isn't too uncommon to be going 60+.
2000 Mystique LS
Duratec 2.5L MTX
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