When waiting at a red light, I
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 15-May-02 AT 04:33 PM (EST)]None of the above.
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When waiting at a red light, I
Put in neutral !
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Dennis where ya find the 40 standard truck image
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Dennis where ya find the 40 standard truck image
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'Rich
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On one of the animation sites that I have links to on my web page.
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When waiting at a red light, I
Were are all the good one like "play with the radio". Or what I do sitting up higher in the bus looking down in the car at the pretty girls.
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When waiting at a red light, I
You reminded me of something funny.
My dad used to own his own drywall repair company. He hired my friend and I to do some jobs with him. On the way home, I guess he wanted to let us feel manly, and passed around the chew. Just spit it out the window, he said. Guess what, Dad made me wash the damn truck the next morning!!
As to the poll, if I'm at a short red light, I put the foot on the brake nothin else. If the light is really long, I throw it in neutral.
My dad used to own his own drywall repair company. He hired my friend and I to do some jobs with him. On the way home, I guess he wanted to let us feel manly, and passed around the chew. Just spit it out the window, he said. Guess what, Dad made me wash the damn truck the next morning!!
As to the poll, if I'm at a short red light, I put the foot on the brake nothin else. If the light is really long, I throw it in neutral.
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When waiting at a red light, I
Vamp putting it neutral is actually a little harder on both the engine and transmission. With the tranny in neutral you’re (or the engine really) is spinning not only the flywheel, but also the clutch, pressure plate, input shaft and the synchronizers of the transmission.
All this leads to a drag on the engine and wear on the parts. Also every time you release and engage the clutch you put ware and strain on the throw out bearing. Agreed that all this isn’t much but if you were to measure the life of the parts mentioned in hours, and you’re trapped at a light for 3 minutes 10 times a day then that’s 30 extra minutes for each part each day, or an extra 182.5 machine hours each year.
What does all this mean?
We spend way to damn much time stuck at lights and not driving.
All this leads to a drag on the engine and wear on the parts. Also every time you release and engage the clutch you put ware and strain on the throw out bearing. Agreed that all this isn’t much but if you were to measure the life of the parts mentioned in hours, and you’re trapped at a light for 3 minutes 10 times a day then that’s 30 extra minutes for each part each day, or an extra 182.5 machine hours each year.
What does all this mean?
We spend way to damn much time stuck at lights and not driving.
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When waiting at a red light, I
Guess I missed a dozen or so additional options. At least should have had "All of the above," "Some of the above," "None of the above," and "Other (explain below)." Actually much worse things have happened at red lights, some of which is better left unsaid. But I really was interested in the clutch situation (just got carried away with the poll) and Wayne J makes a good point. I was taught to put it in neutral, but am trying the "hold down the clutch thing" and it does make for quicker take offs from the light.
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When waiting at a red light, I
I always hold the clutch in at a light. When it turns green, I am ready to get moving so more vehicles can make it through the intersection before the light changes. People really appreciate a big truck that moves.