HEY ASSHOLE, GET THE FUCK OFF THE ROAD

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

1: Anyone who spies an oncoming red light and attempts to conserve inertia by never actually stopping but instead slowing down at 200 yards away, then slowly creeping up on the light, dragging the last fifty yards out forever at a whopping 3 mph.

I might've misunderstood the scenario you're describing, but I think that's called engine braking and it's actually very energy-conserving. It reduces wear on brakes and you know, saves up on alot of fuel. And yes, braking does consume fuel - lots of it. If you have a fuel monitor installed in your car you can see how the consumption increases during acceleration and braking.

Anyway, I'll just chip in and say - old people. Get off the road. You can't drive for shit, you can't see shit, you don't signal, you never position the car properly and then almost ram me off the road every single time you finally decide where you want to go. That, and you always drive like 20kph below the limit.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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Also, Killy, engine braking is downshifting to slow down, and it doesn't save gas, it burns it. What Crash is describing is simply slowing down a bit and taking your foot off the gas to ensure that when the light turns green you're still rolling and you don't have to do a full start from stopped again.

Ah, I was referring to the very same thing - I thought it was called engine braking. Is there another word for it?

How ya doing, buddy?

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Engine braking is leaving the vehicle in gear, or downshifting, in order to use the engine drag to slow the vehicle. This is definitely a SAFER prodedure when driving a big rig, but unnecessary in a passenger vehicle other than a bus, because the vehicle just doesn't weigh that much.

So engine breaking means both. In any case, downshifting is hardly as gas-conserving as leaving the car in gear, since downshifting requires reving and synchronization. Of course, the faster you go the harder it is to time the engine braking with traffic ahead, but it's very useful if you're driving in dense traffic downtown, where you don't gain that much speed between stops.

How ya doing, buddy?

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Killy, you're an idiot. Just drive a fucking automatic. Lord knows I wouldn't want you trying to engine brake into my asshole.

Ain't my fault you is a big pussy drivin' with auto, scared of sticks mm? I just want to save up on fuel and brake pads. I recommend you do the same and while you're at it, get a manual. Automatic is just... pussy.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

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No... I think he means that, from your description of what you think "engine braking" is, you obviously don't know how to drive a fucking manual car; therefore he wouldn't want to be the one in front of you when you attempt your fumbling fucked up braking at his expense.

Right right, or both of you motherfuckers need to learn how to read. I don't "think" engine braking is something, I know what it is - the question was how you retards chose to define it. Letting go of the gas is engine braking, without downshifting - and it doesn't take magic to pull it off. That's how I do it and that's how I'll keep doing it. You pussies keep driving automatic.

Zeph, if you need to lick it like a monkey in order to analyse it and figure out how it works - go for it.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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I don't agree, because when I engine brake I clearly see on the screen that the fuel usage is 0 l/100km. What do you mean by "it burns it"? (Unless the computer is wrong)

He's downshifting, hence the burn. The engine revs and needs to synchronize. If you're getting a 0l/100km readout, rest assured you're doing it right - all you do is take your foot off the gas. If you're driving down a steep angle and you need to maintain speed, downshifting works, but it burns fuel.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?