Ah hills....my N9TE would take most cars to school when
you 'showed it a hill', it made the terrible mpg almost forgivable..
My 86 gas turbo had the 4 spd auto with the late t.c. lockup setup (60
mph) for hill climbing and it was just lovely.
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, Charles Lincoln
<charlie.lincoln@...> wrote:
>
> It sure does make a difference! 50 mph downhill at 2500 rpm in
drive; 50
> mph @900 rpm in neutral. Most of my driving is either up hill or
down; so
> I should be able to idle half the time. Uh, that's not good for auto
> transmissions, is it. - Charlie
>
>
> On 11/22/2007 4:57 PM, "the505inme" <the505inme@...> wrote:
>
> > The high compression of a diesel engine is what slows the car when
> > coasting down hill. Pop it into neutral while on a decline, and
> > you'll see what I mean.
>
Received on Sun Nov 25 07:48:19 2007
