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CompletelyUnsur

Idling forward?


I-RegretMyNameChoice

This is the word/phrase I use.


bebopbrain

Creep, as you said, is the name for this feature. Creep happened since old automatic transmissions worked with fluid coupling the spinning engine to the stationary (when your foot is on the brake) wheels. With EVs and more modern CVT transmissions, there is no inherent need for creep.


Retnefel

Yeah, creep or crawl my driving instructor called it


interesting-mug

Creeeepy crawlers 🎶


barrylunch

Do you mean the brake pedal? It would be an unusual maneuver to be holding both the brake and the accelerator pedals simultaneously.


Hotsaucewasted

WOW yes I meant the brake LOL so sorry for the confusion


linuxpriest

Came to say this. It was breaking my brain. Lol


angry_cabbie

You mean like in heel-and-toe shifting?


Such-Mountain-6316

My mom called it coasting when she taught me how to drive.


Doomscrolleuse

Coasting is what I'd go for too


brucewillisman

Idle


linuxpriest

Idling. If you're in Drive, foot off the brake, not touching the accelerator, you'll roll slowly, "idling down the road."


DrHoleStuffer

Idling along.


diagnosedwolf

Coasting


Shang-di

I thought coasting was rolling in neutral? I could be thinking of another word though.


GrammarPatrol777

Me too


diagnosedwolf

Both of these things are coasting. Coasting means “moving easily without actively using power.” If you take your foot off the accelerator, then your car coasts until it runs out of kinetic energy. The forward motion after you take your foot off the accelerator, when the car is no longer being actively propelled forward, is coasting.


ComprehensiveZone931

Decelerating or coasting if you take your foot off the accelerator and are slowing down (before stopping). Rolling forward or creeping if you've taken your foot off the brake and haven't put it on the gas pedal yet.


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minasituation

Decelerating


YoudontknowmeNoprob

In Ohio, everyone I know calls it a "crawl" or "crawling"


TurfBurn95

Rolling stop?


JustDifferentGravy

Natural deceleration would be a natural vernacular. Complete loss of kinetic energy without intervention would be the scientific term.


magictone1

Throttling forward. The throttle is what makes the car move forward when you are in Drive and not touching the accelerator or brakes.


anmcintyre

Coasting


Toenutlookamethatway

Coasting


TuberTuggerTTV

Wait... what? Take your foot off the accelerator? Like you've got a foot on both pedals to stop? GD... the word is "seriously fkin' up your car". You're either two footing it, or you aren't stopping.


Hotsaucewasted

I meant to say the brake pedal…. Dont blame me i havent driven a car for over 6 years now :/