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I always shift to neutral when stopped at lights. When you move to neutral, there is a considerable force you can feel the drive dis-engaging. Certain parts can get warm when in drive and with the break held, and can eventually cause wear over hundred of thousands of miles. I keep my cars for a lifetime, however you want to define that.
You definitely can feel something dis-engage when shifting to neutral, like tension is released.
I live in Chicago so we spend a lot of time idling in traffic. I never shift to neutral at stop lights and my Camry is 18+ years old, still running on the original engine and transmission with almost 200K miles now.
Plus think about all the stress you put on the transmission when you put it back in gear while trying to move through the green light. You run the risk at some point that your foot and hand will get out of sync and the engine will be revving with no foot on the brake when you shift into gear.
Hahahahaaaa. I only use my wipers when I absolutely have to because I want to save wear and tear on them. LOL
Ever since I had my car Opti-Coated (Opti-Gloss on the windshield) I don't ever use my wipers unless it's a mist type of rain and I'm going < 50mph.
I love driving down the interstate in a downpour without using my wipers - always gives me a kick to think what the other drivers must be thinking when they see my car without the wipers on. Truth be told, the visibility is just as good without wipers as it is with when you've got beading from a ceramic coating happening on your glass at 65mph.
Plus think about all the stress you put on the transmission when you put it back in gear while trying to move through the green light. You run the risk at some point that your foot and hand will get out of sync and the engine will be revving with no foot on the brake when you shift into gear.
This is the biggest problem, eventually you WILL **** it up, and probably put some wear on the thing trying to do this.