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[The Sheriff]

From the Astra owners handbook:

Overrun
z The fuel supply is automatically shut off during overrun, e.g. when the vehicle is being driven down long gradients or when braking – see page 197.
z To enable the overrun cut-off to come into action and save fuel, do not accelerate or declutch during overrun.

[Kate]

Which is infinitely better than 0.4 gallons an hour

It was in neutral though.

[05omegav6]

In gear it would say 999.9

[Kate]

From the Astra owners handbook:

Overrun
z The fuel supply is automatically shut off during overrun, e.g. when the vehicle is being driven down long gradients or when braking – see page 197.
z To enable the overrun cut-off to come into action and save fuel, do not accelerate or declutch during overrun.

I haven't got an Astra though!

[The Sheriff]

From the Astra owners handbook:

Overrun
z The fuel supply is automatically shut off during overrun, e.g. when the vehicle is being driven down long gradients or when braking – see page 197.
z To enable the overrun cut-off to come into action and save fuel, do not accelerate or declutch during overrun.

I haven't got an Astra though!

Bet you wish you had.

[Kate]

In gear it would say 999.9

Does that mean it's so confused it doesn't know what the fu** it's doing?

[Kate]

From the Astra owners handbook:

Overrun
z The fuel supply is automatically shut off during overrun, e.g. when the vehicle is being driven down long gradients or when braking – see page 197.
z To enable the overrun cut-off to come into action and save fuel, do not accelerate or declutch during overrun.

I haven't got an Astra though!

Bet you wish you had.

OMG NO NO NO NO.

[BazaJT]

I seem to remember from many many years ago that it was [at least vaguely]illegal to put a car in neutral in such circumstances as you were not then in "proper control of the vehicle".Could be remembering wrong of course or indeed the law may have changed.Either way I'd have thought the fuel savings would be minimal at best?

[Crazycarzowner]

Does that mean it's so confused it doesn't know what the it's doing?

Are we still talking about the car, or STMO???   

[Kate]

I seem to remember from many many years ago that it was [at least vaguely]illegal to put a car in neutral in such circumstances as you were not then in "proper control of the vehicle".Could be remembering wrong of course or indeed the law may have changed.Either way I'd have thought the fuel savings would be minimal at best?

It's okay I've got an excuse......



I was really drunk.

[05omegav6]

In gear it would say 999.9

Does that mean it's so confused it doesn't know what the fu** it's doing?

It's as close to a really, really big number as it gets

[flyer 0712]

My auto box adjusts as i go down hill.......I always was told that coasting along out of gear allows the car to  get out of control  easier.

[Mr.OmegaMan]

In gear it would say 999.9

What he said 

[Sir Tigger KC]

I didn't think it was a good thing to coast in neutral in a rear wheel drive car as it buggers the diff, gearbox or both? 

[Varche]

Best to leav itin gear.

First thing ischeck your tyre pressures are alwaysgood

Then throw out allxtra weight you do not need

Then driving style. Treat the accelerator pedal as something eating your money very time you pressit. E.g. Get off it and let the car slow down onatrailing throttle rather than arrive and then slow down using brakes. Do you need to do sixty when thirty will do?

Find a paying passenger?

Don,t use air con. Keep windows shut.

All not much fun apart from possibly the paying passenger

All not much fun