5 Things You Should Never Do In An Automatic Transmission Vehicle
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
- 5 Things You Should Never Do With An Automatic Transmission Vehicle. Five bad automatic transmission driving habits. Is it okay to coast down a hill in neutral? Should you put the car in neutral when you come to a stop? What is the safest way to launch an automatic car? Is it okay to switch from reverse to drive while the vehicle is moving? What happens when you put the vehicle in park?
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“P” for pavement “D” for dirt “R” for race “N” for nitrous
And L3, L2, L1 for LAUNCH 3 2 1 Go......
If it's S1, S2 then S1 for Sport and S2 for Slide
And if it states S3 - Scrap the car.
Toros
Jean GT mines “M/S”
Ryan 2: Well in your case
M is for Mask & S for Social distance. (Hence M/S) so you can decide if you to want to wear it or choose to be Social distant.
Jean GT 😂
“Here’s why.”
**casually pulls out torque converter
Rohan Joshi hahah
Oh I really do love simple jokes! 😂
Where's the rest of it?
Legend has it he always has something in his back pocket should someone ask him something about car mechanics.
# 6: dont leave spare torque converters laying around in your footwell
0:28 Never put vehicle in neutral while coasting down the hill
2:35 When changing directions in an automatic vehicle, come to a stop before switching from drive -> reverse or reverse -> drive
4:03 Don't rev up in neutral and drop it into drive and let that carry your car forward (and various things you shouldn't do)
7:17 Don't put your car in neutral at a stoplight. Just leave it in drive
10:04 Don't put vehicle in park until you've come to a complete stop
god bless your soul
Thanks man!
Somebody said to me at the stop lights u should put it on P.
Is this wrong.
@@kujtimzymeri3358 Yes, P is only for when you're parking an automatic transmission
@@frafraplanner9277 Not really, not only it is not on the list there is nothing wrong with using P if you are already stationary...
Shifting to neutral at the stop is good for these reasons:
1. Prevents the torque converter from overheating. Idling in drive causes the impeller to rotate while the turbine is held stationary by the transmission which prevents the normal fluid flow inside the torque converter resulting in turbulence and heat generation by the fluid.
2. After a hard stop, shifting to neutral and releasing the brakes allows the brakes to cool down with the pads disengaged from the rotor which prevents the rotor warpage.
3. It will also circulate the fluid between the torque converter, the transmission, and heat exchanger further cooling down the torque converter.
but what about the guy who crashes into you because your brake light is not on and is reading text on their phone LOL
i was looking for that. i wonder why he didn´t include this
1. Don't put car in neutral driving downhill
2. Come to full stop before changing directions (drive/reverse)
3. Don't neutral drop to launch your car
4. No reason to put car in neutral at a stop
5. Don't put vehicle in park until car it is at a complete stop
*tips hat*
4. What about heat build-up?
Tjanks4
Your number 2 makes no sense.
Thank you
I got 3 years for coasting in neutral. Just got out.
How can they tell?
@@michaelrocha7159
They can't. The only problem is that if you crash and they find your car in neutral, you're pretty much screwed.
they wont know but I suppose the compute might read shift lever positioning or whatever the call it. I know I live in AZ and know its illegal but I still do it sometimes, lol
Hard time, brah.
Ashraf Raja I don’t see how losing acceleration causes an accident. In the case where somebody pulls out in front of you that is. You can still use your brakes. Why would it matter if you’re in neutral and get in an accident that couldn’t be avoided by accelerating? Maybe because if it is avoided you waste time going back into drive which increases risk of collisions for the people behind you who also have to stop? Like I understand not being able to get out of somewhere as quickly from being in neutral and that being the cause of the accident but what if the situation is somebody pulling out in front of you in that case you use your brakes but still hit them? The reason for hitting them isn’t because you’re in neutral as being in neutral won’t change the performance of slowing down.
anything's legal when the cops arent around
This dude follows every law...but I bet he speeds often, LOL.
Thanks Gruncle Stan
what about killing someone
until you have an accident and they see car was in neutral so it voids insurance and you get charged & fined.
@@tbas8741 but by then, the cops will have arrived so it would be illegal. His statement still stands
11:45 As someone who works with fruit and vegetables, I can confirm: mangoes are an incredibly versatile fruit
Matthew Madden they are one of the few fruits I cannot stand. Even the flavor makes me heave.
It also has the most difference between fresh fruit and processed juice.
@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 dang, what a shame. that's a delicious taste in my opinion.
Here's why this... *pulls out engine from the back*
It’s more about the transmission than the engine
@@stevenbradley8398 woosh
@@ChronoSphinx n
I like to put my car in neutral down a hill and pull the keys out.
lol
hahahaha
Sometimes, I even get out of the car.
Serious Business OMG lol!!
No joke. we live two blocks of gravel road away from the highway in town. I spend half a block getting up to 45-50mph (25mph speed limit), then put her in neutral, shut her off, pull of the key and put it in my pocket. Only use the brake to make it home.
Extra: use the *Handbrake* when you park your car. Trust me, don't just stop and put the gear in P;
It's better to stop, put it in Neutral, pull the Handbrake (then release the brake pedal), and then you put it in P (it will preserve your Transmission's lock that is active in the P position).
Doing that you'll put all the car's weight into the Handbrake, not into the Transmission.
Had a friend that his handbrake was failing amd his trans would get stuck in park. We would have to rock the car back and forth to get it out.
I prefer to let the car roll and settle into a low sweet spot in my driveway before putting it in park, gravity does nearly all the work keeping the car still. I still use handbrake on inclines. Using handbrake in freezing, foggy weather can be a bit troublesome though, I've had brake pads frozen to the surface of the brake rotor before
I always do that out of habit from driving my manual cars lol. I was always taught that the parking prawl is just an emergency backup.
I just keep the brake pedal pressed in as I put it in park and then I pull the handbrake before releasing the pedal.
If you park on a driveway with a slight grade its highly encouraged
"I can't think of any scenario to put it in Park while you're.moving."
There's a story my Drivers' Ed teacher told us about a girl who thought "P" stood for Pass. She completely destroyed a transmission putting it in "Pass" at freeway speed.
I refuse to believe that kind of dumbassery exists
@@kristijandimovski410 you'd be surprised
@@kristijandimovski410 Ha, you must not go out much. I envy your naïveté. 😂
Had she never sat in a car before?
Tf does that mean? She thought the car was able to pass other vehicles automatically?
I like to slam it in 1st then 2nd to slow from 60 mph. Sometimes I will even drop to reverse for the cool sound it makes.
_Jatco has entered the chat_
So no reverse lockout when shifting it from fwd to rev, is that a vintage slush box or did you take out reverse?
Everyone should like the sound of over revving. Oh wait, that’s bad...
RIP transmission...
MoogleMy Front wheel drive? Do you know what this term means?
inmate: i am here for child abusing and murder.
me: i coast down a hill in neutural
Gets arrested for coasting in neutral
*Gta sa soundtrack starts playing*
Mission passed
+Respect
*murderer slowly scoots away*
I'm a repeat afender facing multiple counts..
Gay Inmate: Hey Neutch Gooch..
We don't like your kind around here.
It's common sense: when you are stopped in drive, the ECU will try to reach the same rpm level in both situations, but it has a limit on the fuel it can give in idle. The result is that in neutral it will usually be consuming half of the fuel it does on drive. That changes with the start&stop function, but even that has some limits, since starting the engine will use a lot more fuel than a 10 seconds idle time would. The conclusion is: always put the car in neutral on stops if you dont have start&stop (turn it off if you are at a closed railway), if you do have start&stop, estimate if it a reasonable timed stop (then let the car turn off) or if it is just a quick stop (then put it in neutral, since the function usually only works in drive). Drive safely!
The level of professionalism coupled with simplycity by making a workshop inside your car with required components for the viedo makes me addicted for sure
I just push my car down a hill while in neutral quickly jump in and hope I build enough speed to get me home.
lmao
lol hell naw. I feel u bruh
Sounds like you own a Rolls, that is, Rolls-Kinardly. When it rolls down one side of a hill, it 'kinardly" make it up the other.
+William Chase lmao I haven't heard that one in a while!!
same
My grandma cuts the mango in half and dice them like checkerboards with the skin still on it. then you push the middle outward so you can get the good stuff.
k
+Johnny Nguyen
I do that with watermelons, if you invert them they can be used as decorative food at parties.
Thanks, now may car is faster and last longer.
+Johnny Nguyen I do that too, cause I'm lazy af.
+Johnny Nguyen haha. i was reading the comments before the video ended and was like...what does mango have to do with anything?
I shift to neutral at a stop light because it makes my car idle more smoothly. My car really wants to move when I switch to drive, even though the idle speed is not too high, so I figure I save some gas too. I heard somewhere that switching to neutral will also keep your engine cooler.
Only applies to older vehicles with less advanced autos and electric cooling fans
i wonder about this a lot. i drive an AT from 2002 so I wonder if a lot of these videos assume the viewer is driving something atleast from 2011 onwards
Definitely you don't watch the video fully or you understand it..
Name: 5 things to never do in an automatic. Ending: “who knew a mango was such a versatile fruit”
when im doing 100km/h like to put it in R for racing gives ya real boost
My grandfather had a joke like that lol
I heard alt + F4 boosts your UA-cam download speeds
+canadianchronicsmoke nah when im racing i put it into 1 for 1st place
+canadianchronicsmoke Yup, that engages race mode
+canadianchronicsmoke my dad told me that N was for NEVER USE, now this youtube video just reafirmed what my dad said
Here's the simple version. 1. Don't put car in neutral down a hill [0:31]. 2. Make a complete stop before changing gears [2:35]. 3. Don't launch your vehicle at a high rpm spin/neutral switch [4:03]. 4. Don't put car in neutral at a stop light [7:15]. 5. Same thing as #2. Stop before you put it in park [10:05]. XD Hope this saves you guys time!
John Baptist this is saving my time from long gibberish
PjSalt BabyRage: Lol. That's why I always read the comments first.
John Baptist
oh man this guy on thr makes me crazy what a a guy non-stop talking not even taking a breath
i shouldve read 1st
Just finished a month long course on auto trans and I can say there is a lot of great info in this video! Covers most of the basics that your average driver would need to know!
I'm curious about something, it was a bit of an argument that I got into, and I want a definitive answer to settle this.
WILL/COULD/DOES shifting from drive to neutral and back cause any damage?
Example: When trying to stop short, & u need the engine to detatch from drivetrain, b/c IDK, rev hang, whatever - FULL BRAKES, NO POWER is the idea, like how manuals can do.
Does Neutral damage an auto trans?
@@aceof8S well on any newer vehicle with an eauto transmission that will not damage it at all. It may cause some issues if done in a very old automatic transmission that has more basic mechanical safety features on it.
But it will always be faster to stop with the vehicle in gear because that way you will have mechanical engine braking helping stop the car. If it's in neutral you will be relying solely on the brakes to stop without helping from the engines resistance. Almost all cars nowadays have enough braking power to lock up all 4 wheels though so it won't necessarily make a big difference, it will just be a smoother slow down.
i tried to do a launch and the transmission made a few scary clunking noises so i decided to not do that ever again.
But can you go from neutral to drive whilst coasting (not pressing the accelerator) like normally in a manual car?
Or will it make the same noises? Lol
Mine sounded like a helicopter when I accidentally applied power before my transmission could fully engage, I had to take it out of gear and put it back in and it's fine now
I remember teaching a friend to drive my automatic Honda. He did everything perfectly, until I told him to stop the car. Puts it in Park at 15mph. Oh the grinding!!
what car was it ? at some point germans came up with antigrinder like in 1991 or something, once u are in motion u cant turn it to R or P untill u have come to stop
It's the pawl ratcheting. It's designed to do it.
+sugahotcakes not from 15 lol
Definitely not made for it. Made to hold the vehicle in position, not made for the forces exerted on it by a moving vehicle. If it would ratchet, how would it hold your vehicle still when its parked nose-down?
One time I was parked on a very steep hill (facing down the hill), and accidentally put reverse instead of drive and let off the brakes. Oh man, that grinding noise. The engine stopped after a while, but disengaged the brakes' booster, so I was going down hill with minimal control, heading towards an intersection. When. I finally stopped (I didn't crash), the car wouldn't turn on for about 5 minutes. I thought I had fucked up my mom's SUV! When the engine turned on, the shifts weren't working properly and the engine sounded weird. I told my mom about the incident (as I thought we would've had to buy a new gearbox), but after four days the car returned to it's normal functioning. Up until now, I still don't know what happened or why it didn't get fucked up, but I'm glad it didn't.
best thing about automatics is they have R for Race Mode:)
Logan Green I love racing backwards
R stands for reverse idiots
Thorbjørn Madsen
No, R means RACE!!!!
Kevin Benoit
No, R means REVERSE!!!!
My car has D for Drag mode also. I make sure to switch it from Drag mode to Race mode when going around corners.
I knew a guy that would go 1-2-3 then D and coast in neutral and SERIOUSLY believed he was driving manual lol
This is very basic, some of these abuses of the "slush-pump" horrify me...in our teens we abused many Powerglides and learned the hard way, although they were amazingly tough...excellent explanations from Jason as usual.
I don't know where all them dislikes are comin' from, this video was very informative. I KNOW many people can make use of this.
Thinking it might be because of how long it takes for him to arrive at very basic concepts. I mean this video could have been less than 5 minutes and conveyed just as much worthwhile info. Was pretty frustrating hearing him drone on and on, but none of this was new to me...
You talking specifically about what you feel..
Moe K Idk what kind of metaphor that was but tbh I was not even talking to you. I was talking to .. Didn't have much of a choice... . I clicked on his reply's "reply" button but his name didn't get tagged.
my apologies APEX. Comment deleted.
Moe K np bro.
The only channel... In fact human being that tells you WHY instead of just WHAT.
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Been driving manual cars for years and got my first automatic so interesting info here.
Guess I have not done anything you're not supposed to do but it's about time to try and launch it in a proper way 😁
I used to coast in neutral in my 94 'Civic 4 speed automatic. I was a student and I'm sure that saved fuel (modern cars do it now as well).
I put older cars into neutral at lights sometimes, tends to make the car more quiet / transmit less vibrations.
yup I always put my car in neutral at stoplights bc it vibrates like crazy at idle (Ford ZX2)
One benefit of switching to neutral/park from drive is if your sitting still for an extended period of time (ie: drivethru, waiting on a train, etc). If stationary and in drive you are creating a lot of excessive heat in the torque convertor. A lot easier on it if you are in neutral or park.
Exactly.
It's a habit I picked up because I learned to drive from a manual transmission. Doesn't seem to hurt the auto transmission we have so I do it.
I do it so I don't have to hold down the brake, just let my foot rest on the footboard, much more comfortable. He didn't give any good reason not to do it.
And gives your foot a rest.
@@bnjmnalan Exactly! And yes, with the titular claim of Engineering Explained and warning of "Never," the reason for "never" is absolutely in order here.
Came for the mechanical knowledge
Left with bonus Mango knowledge.
Today was a good day.
Owner's manuals for late 60's - early 70's Chrysler products actually advised putting automatic transmissions in neutral while not moving, but designs have changed since then.
I love how he has his seatbelt on while parked
Lol
Must've been thinking of those times he was rear ended ;)
Or his car make an annoying beep when he has it unbuckled.
Safety first.
Because he leaves the transmission on D during his presentation…
1 thing you should never do in an automatic transmission vehicle: purchase one
Then you are limited to certain cars. Some luxury brands are only available in automatic
Thanda Sibisi assuming i want a luxury vehicle
That sounds like something a 16 year old would say... Lol
zach m It's a joke dude, relax
+TheMausymaus lol, alright
This video taught me so much about mangos, thank you very much.
Generally impressed by the content you put out and the delivery style. More power to you.
Thank you. Thank you such ! I noticed that my brother does this 2:35
to my mother's car. You explained this so clearly that even my 75yr mom can understand. Thank you so much.
one real good reason to put it in neutral while at a stoplight: if it's real hot and humid you can rev it up to 2000 rpms so the a/c gets real cold, ha ha
I do that too haha
But doesn't that take away power from the A/C to rev up the engine?
The A/C compressor is connected to the engine via a pulley. The faster the engine spins the faster the compressor does.
+mop10000 faster the compressor "does?" Do you mean, "faster the compressor and clutched fan spin, moving more cool air over the condenser and radiator allowing for a better experience inside the vehicle..?"
mop10000 Interesting. Good to know.
I made a hole on the floor just in case of an emergency I can stop the car with my feet. I saw that in the futuristic show The Flinstones
Rali272 GG
Rali272 thanks men I had a good laugh on that one 👍👍👍👍
Lol
Oww good one👍🤣
you need good robust boots with recaro shoes frictional material but yes it works too eh ej
This guy's automobile knowledge is humbling...it has been so, ever since i got to know about his channel some 8/9 years ago.
Thank you so much for that thorough explanation. I appreciate it.
Great video, I mostly think of my transmission as a magical science box, so this was great.
- Hank
+SciShow Did Hank not know something?!?!? My faith in him has waned! :)
+SciShow its nice to see hank everywhere
+SciShow I used to say automatic transmissions functioned by red fluid and magic before I took an automatic transmission repair class. I still say that because I learned firsthand it was true.
Thanks Hank!
SciShow iii
Please learn from my mistakes. I went thru half-a-dozen new cars because I thought 'P' was for passing....
lol
Well my car only worked during the day. Until I found out the N doesn't stand for Night time and D for Daytime
I always use the P when going into the middle of the motorway
If you want to launch press the brake put it into r for race mode give it gas then let off the brake
Please tell me you're trolling. You'd destroy your transmission almost instantly. Not trying to be mean, but who taught you to drive? Like understanding "What these letters mean" is the first thing.
Unless you're trolling, and if you are, well done
Most of the "stresses" you mention are absorbed by the ATF. You should advise that if you perform "launches" often then you should change your Transmission Fluid more often as this will help with longevity. ATF is complicated, the hotter it gets the faster it degrades, but if you keep the temps in check there isn't much to worry about. auxiliary coolers help...
Awesome points! Thank you for sharing this video...keep them coming
my brother in law never lets the car completely stop when changing from drive to reverse. it drives me nuts
Danny L a lot of people are like that for some reason 😂
My friend does that. I always go crazy on him
I had a friend when I was much younger do that EVERYTIME, drove me insane, then he would laugh at me when I was yelling at him, probably did it on purpose.
@@icemule he probably ruined his transmission prematurely just for laughs
I'm lucky that my dad thought me that. I see so many people destroying their transmissions on a daily basis. My brother and I call it trannyf@&*$!^
The only reason why I would put my car in neutral at a light is because it's a long light and I don't want to keep my foot on the brake :/
Same
I just put the handbrake on in drive +silicon212
+silicon212 hand brake is your friend
Well that's good for you and your Sonata - not so much with my Crown Vic P71.
+silicon212 Used to do that when I had my first car, If i was at a drive through with a long line I would shift it to neutral lol But now most of my cars are standards, so I don't have to worry about that as much lol
Thanks a lot!, I have been driving manual all my life, just changed to auto and needed guidence
Just ran into your videos ... Great Content !!! Thank you....
For fuel economy, there is no question that coasting in neutral increases fuel economy. Fuel may be cut to the injectors in new cars, but the resistance of the engine will slow the car...meaning that you can cost in neutral on a slight decline and gain speed or maintain speed, where you will lose speed while the engine is engaged because of the engine resistance. In either case, anyone not actively engaged in driving shouldn't be driving. For states with ridiculous laws like this, I don't know how they explain manual transmissions being legal at all. For those who care, I've gotten as high as 27 mpg out of a 1997 Chevy Blazer, a lot of that was tire pressure, taking off the spare tire arm (and putting it in the back, yes, I do need a spare tire), other simple weight reduction, coasting in neutral, slower acceleration and avoiding braking (meaning, if you see a red light 300 yards up, don't accelerate into it just to stop, try to time your speed so you can still be rolling when the light is green). Accelerating from a dead stop is your biggest wasted fuel consumption.
funny, I do the opposite, I dont worry about removing crap from my truck, stil have spare tire, and all the crap holding it under the bed, etc. I do coast in N on hills, but I get 22-24 MPG when Im not caught up in traffic jams, my truck is rated by the EPA at 18-20 but the average was around 17 with what they measured, remember they use both city IE LA traffic patterns, and Highway coasting at 55or 65 MPH I can't remember which. RPM band has a lot to with it, I find I do better at gas mileage on the rural stretches of highway where I can cruise at 83. If I go faster it is too much RPM, If I go slower than that around 75 (the speed limit) it is at 4500 RPM in 4 th gear and not the OD. or so it seems. I watch my tach like a hawk. Also, I wont get speeding tickets on the interstate at 83. you get 10 mph here from DPS. (wouldnt recommend if you have out of state plates they will stop you at the speed limit even sometimes)
I will continue to use neutral on particular downhill stretches that result in not needing to press any pedal for protracted periods. It relieves my sciatic nerve pain as I rest my foot.
im surprised how easy it is to abuse vehicles
+Josh Williams Well, you have a tank of highly volatile and explosive liquid, and a chunk of steel that makes on average about 100,000 watts of power and 300,000 watts of heat, that's a lot of energy to tame...
+Josh Williams But at the same time, for metal contraptions that can (usually) go over 80 MPH, they're pretty safe.
+Josh Williams As an ex mechanic, you're not the only one. Believe me. I've got more stories than i can remember fully about what people do to their cars. But mostly, cars can really take a lot of abuse without breaking. Just don't expect it to last as long as it would have otherwise, and expect the repair bill to be expensive.
+Campy lol that'll last you till after ww3
+Josh Williams Yes. If a lever moves at the wrong time it breaks a car. That's why cars are stupid - lever should not move at the wrong time if someone tries it at the wrong time. This start by button is also stupid - I wanted to turn off a radio and I turned off an engine, at least I wasn't moving too fast.
Just got recommended to this channel and I love it!
great piece of information -thanks
I stopped the video when he said you shouldn't put it on park while the vehicle is moving>> Really? Who does that?
someone who drives manual always and then the odd time drives auto, i always put my manual into 1st while moving coming to a stop and pull the ebrake to stop completely since i use it anyways. so going into an auto its just habit to go the direction of 1st which happens to also be the direction of park
retards do
australians
Oh there are ppl
buddy of mine did it and seized the tranny, rocked it back and forth until it could move again.. now he has to use neutral and his e-brake to park lol
how the hell is a cop gonna be able to tell if im in neutral?
Eagle vision
Andrew Mayo It's for when you get in an accident. The insurance won't cover anything if you crash your car while in neutral.
GaNgStAlBeRt i dont know what you drive, but my car would definately not be going 100 in neutral
TheLukasDirector thank you! that makes more sense
Andrew Mayo lol
Excellent video! I am guilty of shifting into neutral for a long coasts to gain maximum fuel economy. Never considered that the engine stops sending fuel in a coast! However, I know it causes great drag in drive. Brilliant video! Thanks.
A thousand years ago, when I was in college, I would regularly borrow a friend's 1972 Satellite Sebring which had a really cool (for the time) floor mounted shifter. One night whilst playing Speed Racer with his car, I accidentally shifted from Drive into Reverse at about 40 mph. There was a loud noise, the engine stalled, and the car came to a sudden stop. I restarted the car and drove home without incident.
I didn't mention what I had done and about five of us drove the car on a regular basis for the remaining seven months of the school year without a transmission problem. At the end of the school year, he graduated and bought a brand new car.
I finally told him about the incident about twenty years later.
I don't recommend this as a regular practice but offer this story as an example of how old cars were built to take abuse.
Gold Winger If after the incident the car drove without issue for the next 7 months, why did you wait 20 years to tell your friend what happened? 🤔 So, if you slept with your friend's wife, maybe you would write your confession on a piece of paper, putting said confession in a glass bottle, then throwing it out to sea to be found and read 70 years later 😉
@@user2144 Simple, I didn't know if the transmission was unscathed from my faux pas or if it was living on borrowed time.
As for the second question, having sex with his wife lacks the potential for causing her permanent harm and there is no humerous context in which you can say, "Dude, I banged your wife!"
this guy reminds me of Ross from friends..
IHutchVI ha that's true.
haha- yea he does remind me of Rose!
yes, the voice ..
Marc Nicolet hb
IHutchVI ū
I only watched this video for the Mango facts.
+DoomFinger511 the car channel is just a front so I can talk about mangos.
+DoomFinger511
I only watch Blazing Saddles for the Mongo facts.
I neutral at stopsigns because i can really feel the diffetence in rpm from always breaking 1st gear. Its also recommended in the manual for longer stops.
As a new driver, I am glad I knew not to do any of this. Granted, without real reasoning.
Also, the tip about launching was really helpful too. Again, even though I sort-of already had figured it out. It's really nice to have someone who knows what their talking about reinforce the knowledge you already had.
Why do you believe it?
I do all these on the daily
stupid
+Tanner Gill lmfao
"Sexpinosa" LOL
+LUIS Luis hahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha ik
Better start saving up
What am i doing here ? I dont even have a car.
A buddy of mine years ago worked in a transmission shop educated me the downside to downshifting....the clutch retaining slots in the housing get bell mouthed from the clutches slamming into the case, which then causes more slop to happen. He had seen transmission cases get thrown out due to the aluminum cases getting chewed up from these metal clutches digging in
You absolutely helped solve my problem. Thanks man!
I have a neighbor who routinely shifts from drive to reverse while still moving, and he honestly can't figure out why his transmission failed. Of course, listening to him, it's the truck's/dealer's/previous owner's fault. Go figure.
Tina Gallagher, lol 😁
Some people just can't be told, huh! lol 😁
Tina Gallagher I do this a lot, is it really that bad?
I would just look on and laugh
To me, this is like the same as doing this in a manual transmission vehicle, except for the fact that you can put it in reverse as long as you want but as long as you keep the clutch depressed, nothing bad will happen.
I almost wrecked a 5-gear manual transmission once after driving a 6-gear transmission for a while, as I got so used to pull the stick back from 5 to 6. The Ford I was driving does NOT provide a security-feature like pulling a ring or pressing the stick down to get it in reverse... so yeah...
I’m not in denial my car is in shop getting a transmission rebuild for doing this same thing lesson very well learned
My personal reason for putting it in neutral at a stoplight was not mentioned. Preferring a manual transmission, the automatic transmission idle creep drives me crazy.... I can't stand mashing the break for long traffic lights.
Thanks Corin, thats the main reason i know to put it in neutral in a traffic jam or at a stop light. Also if you happen to let some of your pressure off the brake pedal the car can still creep forward and you might not even know it. Easier just to put car in neutral.
so why not put it in park and when the light turns green put your foot on the brake and shift to drive .... all bases covered
Harry Aiken because you hit reverse first and it's three notches before drive instead of one! more delay going from park to drive!
????? okay....but if you put the car in park you don't have to hold the brake and the car work creep forward while your talking on the phone and roll into the car n front of you......or replying to me ...andif you forget what gear youre in while on a hill because youre saving SO much fuel you wont roll into other people... safety first lol
no brake lights at an intersection? what kind of backwards ass pagentry is that?
Very informative video! Thank you very much!
Hello my friend. Always been a fan of your videos. I had a quick about transmissions, does the transmission spin when the car is in park ?
Lmaoo at the people who put their vehicle in park while it's still moving
the worst thing about coasting in neutral is when you forget and go to accelerate
lol, I did it the first time I bought a car with automatic transmission, quickly realized I shoudn't put in neutral when driving even if it would wear something because it's unsafe, and then I come here to know if it would really wear things, but no.
@@monad_tcp it's called neutral for a reason
As always a very good video. Not many people knows their stuff like this...
I have learned thank you so much
I actually watched this video expecting to learn how to eat a mango. thank you for meeting my expectations.
my friends and I broke 2 engine mounts in a Toyota Camry by redlining the engine and then slamming the transmission into drive...but it did do a great burnout! :)
A lot of modern transmissions will automatically shift into neutral when you come to a stop in order to save fuel
Are they shifting to neutral or simply using an auto-start/stop system to disengage the engine?
P. No this is before stop/start. Cars like the 2002 Opal (Holden) Astra will select neutral when you stop. you can't even tell the car is doing it.
John O Interesting. Thanks.
When I was 15 I broke my friend's transmission. We were trying to launch it from neutral. High RPM and slam into drive.
you're good and thorough, getting people to be more conscious when driving.
Thank you
This was informative
Two questions:
1. How would law enforcement know that i'm coasting down hill in neutral?
2. Is it bad to leave my car in park with the AC on?
1. The car will sound different.
2. No, but A/C uses more fuel.
Law enforcement wouldn't know because of the sound lol. They wouldn't know period
idling for long periods of time is bad for it.
IF you should get in an accident that might have been avoided except you had no control of the car because you were rolling it instead of driving it ... then you might not only have the accident but also find out you are the liable party, because you were violating the law at the time. ?? Anyway, since you can react faster if you don't have to shift out of neutral into gear, why coast?
True, I would not admit I was coasting right before a collision.
Need a second channel titled Mangos Explained
I heard there are many ways to prepare and eat them.
August Nixon Funny! The methods of eating them apply to many fruits.
Before I watched this video I didn’t know all the ways to eat a mango... now I do
First, slice along the pit, both sides; second, cut a cross hatch pattern into the flesh; third, bend the skin back away from the flesh; fourth, bite each cube of flesh off the skin.
Thats the easter egg ! Not many people wait till the end.
Hi :-) Thank you for this. Do you maybe have any recommendations video on a DSG automatic transmission? Thank you.
very helpful! thnx!!
No. 6 do not over fill the automatic transmission with ATF
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I was once on the high way in my parents 2000 Toyota sienna, and I bumped the Transmission into reverse at 100 kph. big bang and the engine stalled, but started right up and has been driving since with no issues what so ever haha.
I pushed R instead of L on a Chrysler push button car when going about 30. Fortunately they were designed to shift to N if you made that mistake.
Excellent video, presenter really knows his stuff!
love you sir..its great ideas
So neutral dropping my Corolla is bad??
Yeah...
+RAJohnson713 nah those things are practically indestructible.
I hope you're joking
+Josh R Well at least the older ones were, I haven't really driven a recent one. Between 2000 and 2006 ish they were kind of "designed with stupidity in mind." I know a chick that got an 03 corolla in 07 and I did her first oil change in 2012... the car is mint and has over 350000 km and the fact that it has a timing chain kind of helps its reliability quite a bit.
+RAJohnson713 When I was younger I had a friend with a Hyundai that used to rev it up to 7K RPMs and drop it into drive. The tires would smoke and it would be awesome but after doing that 40 or 50 times he eventually really jacked up his transmission. It was to the point where we had to get out and push whenever we came to a stop light because first gear was gone.
Anyone notice he sounds like a low key Bill Nye? :P Awesome stuff though.
+Zeerow 101 Bill Nye is the man!
What exactly does 'low key' even mean?
I heard somewhere that it's required in Russia to have a cam, I maybe wrong. That's why it seems like accidents happen more often there.
It means on the down low basically. Like I "low key" hate my life.
He kinda did sound like Bill Nye
Thank you!! Very informative video.. it reminds me of my friend who keeps switching the gear to “N” while driving when there’s a traffic stop.. thinking of saving gas.. it turns out his car transmission was damaged after few months..
Meaning using neutral in a traffic light it put a damage in automatic transmission?
Thank you for this.
How the hell are the cops supposed to figure out you're coasting in neutral
Thank You.
It's less of a criminal thing and more of a liability thing.
Hahaha
Also wondering how you're "giving up control" if you coast. If you need to speed up, you can put it back to drive. No one said they're switching to N and ripping off the selector...
They utilize Mobile Waterboarding Units to coax a confession out of innocent motorists.
Never admit to terroristic neutral coasting on public roadways!
(Always carry fresh jelly donuts, for use as a roadside bargaining tool. Any crime can be overlooked, when a jelly donut is offered.)
Reading the comments below I observe the following : 1) Manufacturers user manual is wasted money 2) People priced their life less than cost of saved fuel. 3) Many thinks they know more about car engineering than the maker of this video. 4) Many believe that their reasoning cannot be wrong. So interesting. Personal experience: as a manual car driver for most of my life and very used to cruising on neutral to the stop at traffic lights. I had to drive a automatic for few weeks and not knowing better, I did the same. Soon after, the gearbox went funny and dead. I was told later that by shifting gears from neutral to drive frequently causes more damage to the gearbox than leaving it engaged all the time. A painful lesson. I am not qualified to argue on engineering, but I had to agree fully with this video as this is what I experienced in my daily driving. Leaving the engine engaged as recommended by the manufacturer feels to me the right thing to do.
Great comment, covers it all. :D
what kind of car did you drive? I didnt blow the tranny in my oldest car when I by accident pushed the gear shifter to park with an elbow. I was driving and reached the radio and bumped the shifter with my elbow, since ti was an old car it made a funky sound and my front tires locked up.. it shifted to drive ok after that.. not like it broke the tranny, also if you have small accidents like once a decade or somethign with things like that it shouldn't break the tranny, the gearbox etc.
You probably destroyed your drum band which changes the gears
This was an expensive mistake for me as well while a teenager... save a few pennies on fuel (I thought), expense transmission repair instead.
Why would you ever coast in neutral in a manual. Just enginebreak
Great info Jason!
Great info and nicely done.
The gov isn't going to tell me what to do with my stick, manual or automatic.
If they ask, you don't have to answer.
K.
Insert Lenny face here.
+Patrick TheBaptist Yea, but if you get killed in a car accident, and they find your car is in neutral, you can be placed at fault.
Sadpants McGee
"but if you get killed in a car accident, and they find your car is in neutral, you can be placed at fault." LOL, if I'm dead, they can charge me with whatever they take a notion what would a dead man car for? LOL.
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It's all about sentence context, remember he was talking about if "I, me, myself" died, not anyone else, so why would I care what they charge me with? I usually don't adhear to speed limits either, I mean just 1 mile over and you have broken the law.... But if I'm dead, I won't care what they charge my flesh with, they can have it LOL.
1.Never coast downhill in neutral: Modern automatic transmissions cut fuel to the engine on their own, so putting your car in neutral won’t save you any gas. Also, it takes some control away from you and it’s illegal in 15 states (full list at the link below).
2.Never switch directions without stopping: Make sure you come to a complete stop before going from drive to reverse or vice versa. Otherwise, you’re using your transmission to stop the vehicle instead of letting your brakes do their job.
3.Never “launch” your vehicle: Don’t rev your car’s engine in neutral and drop into drive to launch yourself forward. It’s fast way to wear out the bands in your transmission (they’re expensive to replace).
4.Never put your car in neutral at a stop light: It won't save you any fuel (fractions of a gallon if any), and it can wear on the transmission.
5.Never shift into park until you’ve come to a complete stop: Some cars won’t even let you do this, but you should never do it anyway. You can damage or break the locking pin that’s used to keep your transmission from running.
You twice referred to “saving fuel economy”, and I believe “saving fuel, or gaining fuel economy” is the correct way to say it.
Good information; thanks.
Thanks for the education. 🎓✌🏽