Knocking into Neutral whislt driving??

[Nick.Hay]

As some of you are aware, my E34 is running on 5 cyls (unless under load). This of course means that it idles rough as guts at traffic lights in slow moving traffic, and when off the power and coasting.

What I do is move the shifter (AUTO) into N when in above situations, as it makes the jerking/roughness less apparent.

Question:
If I am rolling along (say down a slight incline, using no throttle), and slip into N, does this badly affect the gearbox when I re-engage Drive?? I guess it would just be slipping on the torque converter, right??

Is this bad??
I usually drive slowly, using low revs, so its not going from idle to 4000rpm or anything when I re-engage D.

[BillionPa]

i click into N all the time on 3 diff cars to save gas at stop lights and such, shouldnt do anything to hurt the car if you do it with your foot off the gas and reengage it at low speeds (less than 20mph)