"Steven Shelikoff" wrote in message
...

They do use the brakes without lifting off
the gas pedal but not to avoid loosing engine rpms. It avoids the short
time lag in getting power back if you lift off the pedal.

Yeah, I know.

It is especially common on cars that use a turbo charger as it will keep the
exhaust manifold hot and the turbo spun up so they can have maximum boost
when they really need it. I am sure it gets carried over to normally
aspirated engines just because the drivers get into a habit and don't want
to break it.

I was just pushing basskisser to see if he could apply any amount of reason
to anything he says. He seems to get a little bit of knowledge and applies
it all wrong. The RPMs high while the car slows down was just so obvious an
error, yet he repeated the statement multiple times even after being
challenged.

Rod

On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:46:20 -0800, "Rod McInnis"
wrote:


"Steven Shelikoff" wrote in message
...

They do use the brakes without lifting off
the gas pedal but not to avoid loosing engine rpms. It avoids the short
time lag in getting power back if you lift off the pedal.

Yeah, I know.

It is especially common on cars that use a turbo charger as it will keep the
exhaust manifold hot and the turbo spun up so they can have maximum boost
when they really need it. I am sure it gets carried over to normally
aspirated engines just because the drivers get into a habit and don't want
to break it.

It's a very long time for turbo cars, but is still there in normally
aspirated cars. Must have something to do with inertia. lol

I was just pushing basskisser to see if he could apply any amount of reason
to anything he says. He seems to get a little bit of knowledge and applies
it all wrong. The RPMs high while the car slows down was just so obvious an
error, yet he repeated the statement multiple times even after being
challenged.

There is no rhyme or reason for anything basskisser says. He's an idiot
and if he says something, you can be fairly certain that the opposite is
true.

Steve

"Rod McInnis" wrote in message ...
"Steven Shelikoff" wrote in message
...

They do use the brakes without lifting off
the gas pedal but not to avoid loosing engine rpms. It avoids the short
time lag in getting power back if you lift off the pedal.

Yeah, I know.

It is especially common on cars that use a turbo charger as it will keep the
exhaust manifold hot and the turbo spun up so they can have maximum boost
when they really need it. I am sure it gets carried over to normally
aspirated engines just because the drivers get into a habit and don't want
to break it.

I was just pushing basskisser to see if he could apply any amount of reason
to anything he says. He seems to get a little bit of knowledge and applies
it all wrong. The RPMs high while the car slows down was just so obvious an
error, yet he repeated the statement multiple times even after being
challenged.

Rod

Are you just trying to be funny, or are you really not very bright?