kermit_rr said:

Engine braking is bad for your car, so is changing down gears to slow down. Best leave it in 6th until stopped
https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/driving-advice/driving-habits-that-damage-your-car/

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My Old Landy said:

With Fords dual mass clutch there is no engine braking on the Kuga. My Mrs complains about it nearly every drive! The 90 however it is essential as the proper brakes don't do much!

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My Old Landy said:

With Fords dual mass clutch there is no engine braking on the Kuga. My Mrs complains about it nearly every drive! The 90 however it is essential as the proper brakes don't do much!

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kermit_rr said:

The same website says turning the heat up in your car uses more fuel!!
Cars make excess heat which is why we have radiators, all your doing is diverting that waste heat into the car instead of outside

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Stanleysteamer said:

Now stuck watching "Dancing on Ice"
At least it is marginally more interesting than Strictly.

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Stanleysteamer said:

DMFs seem to me to be the work of the devil and are anough to put me off getting a D2 TD5 manual, as if the electronix wasn;'t enuff, which it is!!!
Why does a TD5 2.5 litre diesel need a DMF when a 300 tdi 2.5 litre does not need one?
Answers on a postcard please!!!

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Turktowner said:

I have no answer for that, might be be a matter of the times, but..
When I bought me tratter I spent an afternoon test driving a 300tdi an a flashier TD5, one after the other over and over. After one run run the TD5 flashed up a dodgy wheel sensor. That was it for me. KISS.

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kermit_rr said:

That's cold

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Stanleysteamer said:

I'd actually ,like to see the science behind this.
In engine braking, the engine stops providing propulsion instead it uses lack of propulsion/vacuum to slow down the crank, i.e. cylinders take in minimal air and compress it so guess what only the same as when they compress it to get it to the point where you want the mixture to go "pop". But in reverse.
The crank applies braking force instead of propulsion force to the gearbox which then provides braking force to the diff and thence to the wheels.
the only possible argument is that you get more engine braking by putting the car into a lower gear and this makes the above more evident.
So I think this is bull droppings and so do others.
https://www.uti.edu/blog/automotive/what-is-engine-braking#:~:text=When the accelerator pedal gets,the engine speed, or RPMs.
the other 9 points are valid though.

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DanClarke said:

I went on an ADI course run by ex traffic cops and engine braking was a key element of control of the car.

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My Old Landy said:

With Fords dual mass clutch there is no engine braking on the Kuga. My Mrs complains about it nearly every drive! The 90 however it is essential as the proper brakes don't do much!

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kermit_rr said:

It's rubbish, probably written by someone who can't drive but reads quora or some other bollix website.
If engine braking damages your car then so does accelerating

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="Turktowner, post: 5481696, member: 137979"]"My Old Landy, post: 5481615, member: 148092"]What a load of tosh! I was taught to use gears and engine to slow down. It has not damaged an engine or drive train in the last 40 years and it saves on brake wear
Anyone who rides a motybike knows that engine braking is the way, prolly summink to do with two wheels I dunno, but that's what I do. Similar inna Tratter, match revs to speed both up an down. Carefully though, the engine is stronger than the brakes.
Bruv (another biker) got told oft by the driving instructor for wrecking his clutch.
Fink I read somewhere that engine braking was more economic?

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