It wouldn't change the rolling resistance but having the pedal down makes the engine work harder to overcome the diaphragm pressure. On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:55 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > This came up today. > > if one were to coast, and allow momentum to do the pushing - which > scenario would have the greatest resistance against rolling. > 1) Coasting with manual tranny in neutral. clutch released > > or, > > 2) Coasting with Manual tranny in neutral, clutch pedal depressed. > > Curious minds, and all that........ > > Thanks, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver and proud owner of new Altimax RT's 205/70/R14 XL 98T (grin!) >
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