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[Volfy]

How to know when it's coasting?

Since coasting basically mean disconnecting the drivetrain from the driven wheels, I would think the easiest indicator is the engine RPM dropping down to idle speed, no?

 

[Ah GetFd]

Activation of Coasting is very noticeable. You feel the transmission disconnect and a freeing up of the drivetrain. But often and somewhat annoyingly it is on a gentle decline so the car immdiately is starting to speed up, so you can never be in coasting long because you require to operate the brake pedal and coasting disconnects. You feel the reconnect slightly less than what a gear change would be....it all happens very smoothly. I don't notice the drop in revs particularly, it's already in Eco, the exhaust is quiet, there is already road noise at 80kmh...it's dropped away but the change rather than noise is more noticeable.

The point I would make about putting the drive system into Eco for the other poster is that by continuing to change between them all and expecting coasting to engage when you predict it it probably won't happen so leave it where it is in Eco.

Because I drive in Eco 99% of the time and only give it an occasional squirt in Custom,, I notice Coating engage often when I am driving. Typically its after 20, 30 minutes of driving, 80 kmh speed zone, straight long shallow decline...it may go to coast mode.

 

[5tinger]

Yes i know what coasting does, but I'm never sure exactly if it's getting engaged or not.
During normal city driving, the 3.3 pulls strongly while being around idle rpm.

 

[socalvn]

How to know when it's coasting? I have coasting enabled in the settings menu. Have not noticed any coasting in the almost 6yrs with this car.

The best way to notice is your RPM will drop down to idle and you can really feel it disengage it will gain speed going downhill and go over the speed limit so I turned it off after a couple days it was quite noticeable when it disengaged

 

[Thomby]

Yes i know what coasting does, but I'm never sure exactly if it's getting engaged or not.

Even without the "Coasting" script at the top center of the driver display, it should feel the same way a manual car feels when you take it out of gear at speed. That bit of drag you get even at very low engine speeds drops off and you just glide along in neutral.

At 38/36psi and with new/modern bearings etc, it's impressive how little drag there is. If you don't mind letting your speed vary a bit, you'll accelerate down hills even at highway speed, which hopefully gets you up the next hill without needing to reengage the engine.

And you will almost certainly feel when it reengages. If you're off the throttle, the drag/decel from the engine is noticeable, and if you hit the throttle, you'll feel a little bit of slippage as the engine revs and the torque converter engages. Even though it's not a solid clutch like a manual, I still kind of ease onto the throttle for that first split second while it engages, before pressing it down further, so I don't feel like I'm needlessly revving through a slipping clutch.

 

[Ah GetFd]

Yes i know what coasting does, but I'm never sure exactly if it's getting engaged or not.
During normal city driving, the 3.3 pulls strongly while being around idle rpm.

Well.......you just know. The car can't pull at all. The drive is disconnected. It is the same as putting a manual car into neutral while driving. BUT the Stinger is smart enough to re engage it the moment it needs to, on braking, on pushing the accelerator.

You will feel the change....you feel the drive "free up" and you will see the coasting banner come up on the Instrument Cluster.

Leave it in Eco for a few days. Don't expect it to work around the suburbs. Don't expect to accelerate, back off, then it suddenly drops into coasting. Get out on a dual carriageway of 80kmh or more and after extended cruising when all parameters are being met. Magic happens...