is it illegal to coast in neutral?

[Tulok]

CNG, didnt you say you were a city bus diver, someone on GTP is right?

 

[ilovethescudo]

It still somewhat improved, I guess the weight, and automatic seamless shifting and the famous automatic crawling is what helps with this. Then again it didn't improved on the Orion VII CNG, but it did on the Orion V CNG.

This must have to do with the gear ratios. The VII model has ratios that would have it near redline most of the time, which is not good because this transmission over revs each gear under light/no throttle. Also the speed limiter keeps it at the higher rev's. It goes through 6 gears in under 35MPH!

Shift points
1st: 0MPH-7MPH
2nd: 7MPH-11MPH
3rd: 11MPH-20MPH
4th: 20MPH-27MPH
5th: 27MPH-34MPH
6th: 34MPH-37MPH
Speed Limiter: 37MPH, with an almost non existant 6th gear.

The V on the other hand has much better ratios, much faster, no speed limiter, and lighter. It seems to have much more torque and HP.

Shift Points
1st: 0MPH-11MPH
2nd: 11MPH-21MPH
3rd: 21MPH-30MPH
4th: 30MPH-38MPH
5th: 38MPH-62MPH
6th: 62MPH-85MPH+
Speed Limiter: None.

Ratios can determine gas mileage a little bit too, since the hill that I used for the experiment was long and steep, it was pretty easy to calculate, and plus I had to do this around 2A.M., because no one rides these that early in the day.

The real question is when will Famine post in the "Ask GTPlanet!" forum?

I might make a thread about that.

you have a bus that goes only 35 mph? how old is that thing? or at least how old is the gear box?

and 2.6 mpg is kinda ridiculous, even for a bus.

And slick rick, is that avatar even remotely appropriate?

 

[stumpydino]

Its also Illegal to shut off the car while driving btw.

not particularly advisable no power steering and if you take the keys out the wheel locks a mates brother found that out the hard way, took the key out and gave it to the passenger and went straight into a lamppost

 

[Thatman]

LOL Thats awesome, not for them really but still!. Nah I just did it twice but left it in the wheel unlock mode. Once to see if the whole using the clutch to start the car and secondly I made a joke while going down a hill with the engine off and said "Who gets better gas milage now!"

 

[Duke]

not particularly advisable no power steering and if you take the keys out the wheel locks a mates brother found that out the hard way, took the key out and gave it to the passenger and went straight into a lamppost

Don't forget those guys towing the Subaru with the Land Rover...

 

[Jay]

Don't forget those guys towing the Subaru with the Land Rover...

Yep, thats the first thing that came to mind when reading stumpydino's post.

 

[Orion]

you have a bus that goes only 35 mph? how old is that thing? or at least how old is the gear box?

and 2.6 mpg is kinda ridiculous, even for a bus.

And slick rick, is that avatar even remotely appropriate?

It is a 2005 Orion VII CNG, with 320HP, and 1000Lb Ft of Torque. It has computerized speed limiters to avoid "Speeding" as shown with the Orion V CNG, which is much older, but much faster. The VII gets to it's top speed in under 10 seconds at times.

And yes I'm a bus driver. I said I usually drive for my uncle too, since he always drink Heinekens, falling asleep on the wheel.

I even got some old pictures of them, but for the sake of our members, I won't post it.

Why do Japanese vehicles in general have speed limiters set so low? I heard someones skyline can only do 170kph, and that's about 107MPH.

 

[Casio]

Why do Japanese vehicles in general have speed limiters set so low? I heard someones skyline can only do 170kph, and that's about 107MPH.

I'm not aware of any highways in Japan that are over 107mph, they do they need to go faster?

Anyway, is it not true that you use MORE fuel coasting in neutral, because the engine has to use fuel to keep it from stalling. Whereas letting it coast in gear keeps it above the cut-out point?

 

[Jay]

I heard someones skyline can only do 170kph, and that's about 107MPH.

Japanese cars (sold in Japan) are electronically limited to 180km/h (111mph), in most cases the limiters are fairly easy to remove.

 

[Gashlycrumb]

Most of them also have an annoying bell/buzzer set-up that kicks in at 110kph. Luckily that too is removeable.

Back to the point of the thread, coasting up to stop lights etc would theoritically save you fuel, but I imagine it would also wear out your breakpads more.

 

[neanderthal]

youre supposed to always be in control of the vehicles functions, so you should either be braking or accelerating, not letting momentum or gravity operate the vehicle for you.

so, by the letter of the law, yes, it is illegal.