Freewheeling

[hj2k_x]

I beg your pardon, I was looking at it at the technical level: clutch out = disengaged from flywheel, clutch in = engaged.



Yes, I did, thanks for asking.

(Though that may have been more due to never learning to study...)

I think it is common practise to call the clutch 'in' when you are depressing it, and 'out' when you are not.

 

[noxibox]

PS: If I turn the engine off at a red traffic light does it use more to restart it ?

If the car is already warm and fuel injected then it should use virtually nothing to restart the engine.

 

[hj2k_x]

If the car is already warm and fuel injected then it should use virtually nothing to restart the engine.

I don't know whether any savings that you might make that way would be worth the hassle, or the danger of having your car off at the robots in terms of hijacking or smash n grab and the like.

 

[Claymore]

I think it is common practise to call the clutch 'in' when you are depressing it, and 'out' when you are not.

True, it is. I have just been reading too many maintenance manuals lately, obviously.

 

[noxibox]

I don't know whether any savings that you might make that way would be worth the hassle, or the danger of having your car off at the robots in terms of hijacking or smash n grab and the like.

That would mean you'd be sitting at the light with your car in gear, clutch in, which is also not good for your vehicle. And you'd have to be at the front of the queue or alone on the road.

The savings are definitely worthwhile. I've noted how my average consumption skyrockets when I sit in heavy, semi-stationary traffic. Comes back to normal if I leave the vehicle off while I am waiting.

 

[hj2k_x]

That would mean you'd be sitting at the light with your car in gear, clutch in, which is also not good for your vehicle. And you'd have to be at the front of the queue or alone on the road.

The savings are definitely worthwhile. I've noted how my average consumption skyrockets when I sit in heavy, semi-stationary traffic. Comes back to normal if I leave the vehicle off while I am waiting.

Huh? I would sit at the lights with the engine on, in 1st gear, with the clutch in. Ready to pull off whenever I want to. If I have to wait long I pull up the handbrake and put it into neutral.

The kind of congestion you are talking about where I could turn the car off while waiting to move, I do not encounter in my daily commute