They’ll do it once it starts to hit them in the wallet from not being able to fill vacancies. That’s a long way off though, EV adoption would have to spike and current cars on the road will have to be retired in mass.

It takes a lot of power! In my DD Cruze, AC on vs AC off during decel is night and day. Turning it on feels like you’re on the brakes.

While I would have liked to see Pontiac stick around at minimum as a niche performance brand (Solstice, G8, etc), killing Saturn was the right thing to do. Most of what they wanted to do with Saturn could be done at Chevy.

You’re mixing them.

Also could be a manual. Reverse lights go off when it’s pulled out of reverse, but they may not have yet put it in a gear. But probably not commonplace since manuals these days are few in numbers.

Some GMs of that era do have the ability to shut off the injectors on decel. My 2000 Grand Prix does it, but only if the RPMs were at 2750 or above when the pedal was released. Unless I downshift, that only happens at 71mph or above.

Under specific deceleration conditions, the engine does indeed not use fuel. It’s called DFCO (deceleration fuel cut off). That’s how it’s possible to use less fuel than at idle.

Incorrect. Google “DFCO” (deceleration fuel cut off).

Depends on the car/manufacturer. I have a 2000 Grand Prix automatic that will engine brake if the RPM when the pedal is released is above 2750. It will engine brake down to 1250rpm, at which point the fuel injectors (noticeably) kick back on and the lack of engine drag requires braking to continue slowing down. It…

It would only use no gas going downhill if the conditions were met for DFCO (deceleration fuel cut off). If I’m going 10mph down a hill, that’s below the DFCO RPM for any gear, so the PCM would be firing the fuel injectors. Same if I was going downhill at 30mph in 6th gear. It would be below the necessary RPM.

Most gas engines do cut fuel completely off on deceleration. The kinetic energy of the vehicle spins the engine with no fuel down to a certain point (obviously not below idle RPM or the engine would stall). GM calls it DFCO - Deceleration Fuel Cut Off. Google it. Pretty interesting. I’ve noticed Hondas do it too, but…

It is still a thing, some new cars do it automatically when stopped to save fuel.

Usually the fluid gets hotter if left in gear at a stop from the added friction in the torque converter (TC). In gear at a stop, the engine side of the TC is spinning and the trans side of the TC is not. The fluid has to absorb the friction/force (and associated waste heat) of the engine/flywheel spinning. The fluid…

Agreed. Some new cars go into neutral automatically when stopped (as a fuel savings). I doubt the manufacturer would design it that way if harmful.

My favorite provision of my house insurance was something like this:

Because then shit like this happens:

This is far from the worst burnout ever. Those usually involve crashing into something or parts grenading and embedding themselves in scary places. There’s plenty of mustang/camaro/trans am/corvette clutch explosions on youtube. The schrapnel alone is terrifying.

Time to loosen a valve stem in her car then call code enforcement for her having an undrivable vehicle! Hahahaha.

I had a tiny bit of this feeling this morning. I have 4 cars and 2 motorcycles that go in and out of functional status. Only one is new, the rest are 11-30 years old. Other than some routine maintenance (tires, brakes, & engine mounts for one, new AC compressor for another), all 4 cars are working at the moment and…

You can also end up with shitty agents. Before we got married, my wife bought her insurance via an independent agent. That lady was selling her a state minimum policy on a 2011 Civic for $1500 a year!! No tickets, good credit, one small comp claim. I switched her to Geico and she’s now paying $600 a year for good…