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2010 Ford Taurus in neutral has higher idlesidle speed

I have this question which really puzzles me.

I'm from Europe and used to drive manual. I used to shift to neutral going down the hill to save on gas. Now I moved to the USA and I have cars that use automatic transmitiontransmission but I was still thinking that I can use Neutral when going down the hill.

I have Honda Odyssey(05) and Ford Taurus(10).

When driving down the hill Honda I tend to use neutral. The idles go down as it should. No problem here.

When driving Ford in neutral the idles tendidle speed tends to go into higher cycles based on how fast the car is moving down the hill. This confuses me as it makes the meaning of using natural pointless. This was also happening with my old Ford. I thought it was a defect and thought when I buy a new Ford it will be okOK. Any idea why Ford accelerates idlesidle speed in neutralsneutral based on how fast the car is moving?

2010 Ford Taurus in neutral has higher idles

I have this question which really puzzles me.

I'm from Europe and used to drive manual. I used to shift to neutral going down the hill to save on gas. Now I moved to the USA and I have cars that use automatic transmition but I was still thinking that I can use Neutral when going down the hill.

I have Honda Odyssey(05) and Ford Taurus(10).

When driving down the hill Honda I tend to use neutral. The idles go down as it should. No problem here.

When driving Ford in neutral the idles tend to go into higher cycles based on how fast the car is moving down the hill. This confuses me as it makes the meaning of using natural pointless. This was also happening with my old Ford. I thought it was a defect and thought when I buy a new Ford it will be ok. Any idea why Ford accelerates idles in neutrals based on how fast the car is moving?

2010 Ford Taurus in neutral has higher idle speed

I have this question which really puzzles me.

I'm from Europe and used to drive manual. I used to shift to neutral going down the hill to save on gas. Now I moved to the USA and I have cars that use automatic transmission but I was still thinking that I can use Neutral when going down the hill.

I have Honda Odyssey(05) and Ford Taurus(10).

When driving down the hill Honda I tend to use neutral. The idles go down as it should. No problem here.

When driving Ford in neutral the idle speed tends to go into higher cycles based on how fast the car is moving down the hill. This confuses me as it makes the meaning of using natural pointless. This was also happening with my old Ford. I thought it was a defect and thought when I buy a new Ford it will be OK. Any idea why Ford accelerates idle speed in neutral based on how fast the car is moving?

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2010 Ford Taurus in neutral has higher idles

I have this question which really puzzles me.

I'm from Europe and used to drive manual. I used to shift to neutral going down the hill to save on gas. Now I moved to the USA and I have cars that use automatic transmition but I was still thinking that I can use Neutral when going down the hill.

I have Honda Odyssey(05) and Ford Taurus(10).

When driving down the hill Honda I tend to use neutral. The idles go down as it should. No problem here.

When driving Ford in neutral the idles tend to go into higher cycles based on how fast the car is moving down the hill. This confuses me as it makes the meaning of using natural pointless. This was also happening with my old Ford. I thought it was a defect and thought when I buy a new Ford it will be ok. Any idea why Ford accelerates idles in neutrals based on how fast the car is moving?