I do want to protect the battery that is why I asked the question.



Sound like your saying it hurts the battery if you coast in neutral.



I have two other cars both manual tranny.



On the occasion you might have a long downhill I pop the tranny into neutral
and coast.



If I start to pick up speed I will put the tranny back into 5th or 4th so
slow the car thus saving the brakes some.



This last week we took the prius and as I descended the hill the battery
went to full charge quickly.



I thought that if I coast neutral the system would be idle until I returned
the car to drive.



My thought was if the system is idle you would coast better since your you
have zero engine drag.



But I don't want to break something (again the reason for the question).



Thanks for any input Spidy





From: Prius-2G@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Prius-2G@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Alan Davenport
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 8:47 AM
To: Prius-2G@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Prius-2G] Using neutral








Actually, there is. You'll end up riding the brakes more during the downhill
thus causing unnecessary wear to the pads.

The Prius knows exactly what to do with any excess energy during long
downhills, whether the battery is fully charged or not. Shifting to neutral
and coasting downhill is leftover from your grandparents' legacy. There
is absolutely no technical or logical justification for it.

Spidy wrote:
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> I was more interested in if there is a mechanical issue that is harmful to
> your car.
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