Both my previous and current mechanics advised me to put gear into neutral during short stops in traffic jams or at the traffic lights.

Do you put in neutral like me?

This post has been edited by New Klang: Apr 8 2019, 07:03 PM

Some even more topkek.
Straight away put P on traffic light.

Yes
So you won’t stress your gearbox while you car is standstill

short stop no need la. but if stadium shah alam traffic light better put on neutral la.

Kek. And constant shifts from D to N and back to D wont?

The appropriate answer is:
Short stops traffic lights no need.
Long traffic lights, sure.

And

The real answer is:
- do either up to you. Leaving it in D stresses the engine/transmissions. So does constantly shifting D to N to D.

But the key is, its too insignificant to actually say which does more (or any) damage beyond what is considered normal wear and tear. And you can argue otherwise till pigs can fly but this is not a new topic. It has been going on since the dawn of AT transmissions. And till today people still talk about it.

And the people who waste time to talk/argue/discuss about it have long gone on to change their cars even before their AT box ever fail on them.

This post has been edited by xcves: Apr 8 2019, 07:18 PM

Really?
Which kind of automatic gearbox are you referring to?

Yes. Coz i malas tekan brake when traffic light.

tered #9423413 about N>P>D

Itu 199 yoo, never move one

my manual car okay ja neutral alot of time

anyway, brake pad are alot cheaper than gearbox, if body strong just keep pressing the brake la, if sotong paham2 jela

Good or bad, depends on the driver.

If the driver rev up in N and then shift to D, that torque converter won't last long.

I put R so the ppl behind me gelabah

neutral gear and clutch plate not touching so prolong life mayb

clutch pad oso last longer

Automatic gearbox got clutch plate?

Put at N la..some driber put at P...lol...

got, many ppl dunno

Wait till you meet people who put P during traffic jam.
And the traffic jam isn’t too bad. She creates more jam because of the time needed to shift P>D everytime.

if you treat DCT transmission as auto gearbox, then yes.
torque converter are clutch equivalent of auto gear box, but it is too complex to explain.

tered ke-3219409283 about this topic.

i would say if u keep switching N and D multiple times everyday
something else is going to break 1st