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Originally posted by DemonSVT:

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Originally posted by Nic_ContourSE99:

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You can't stall the engine while coasting. It can stall if you are in 5th gear and going at 5mph, you can't stall it in neutral, with or w/out the clutch depress.

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You are completely wrong eh.

The engine most definitely can and will stall when coasting in neutral.

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I can vouch for Greg's statement- as I've actually stalled in neutral once.

I was rowing through gears extremely granny style in a parking lot, trying to find a space. Sudeenly a little kid runs out from between some parked cars and I stand on the clutch and brake, screeching to a stop. When the coast was clear, I noticed the engine had stalled. My first thought was that I didn't disengage the clutch fast enough, but then I saw that I wasn't in gear.

For you research/re-creationist guys: I was accelerating slowly from ~10-15 mph, The panic stop occurred mid-shift, I hit the brake & clutch simultaneously. (Yeah, yeah, I know I was probably already pressing the clutch in , since I was in the middle of shifting...) ...And yes, I tore the parent a new one for not paying closer attention to her kid (They were a good 15 feet apart, walking between cars, & the parent was on her cell!)