# Coasting

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/coasting/5274>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 29, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/coasting/5274 "2007-09-29T16:22:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![GHPots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5ac83/32.png) [@GHPots](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GHPots)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/coasting/5274/1 "2007-09-29T16:22:04Z")

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I have a '97 Ford Ranger manual trans. I tend to put the truck in neutral long before the stop light if I think coasting there will allow me not to brake (all this depends on traffic conditions, of course). Is that harmful to anything?