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Looong ago when I was learning to drive (and there were not automatics) someone older than me told me you should never take a turn in neutral, the car would not handle well... It's something I'd never do... but I recall it happening once by accident when I was having fun on a mountain road, old car, gear didn't go in at all and I tool a relatively fast corner in neutral...nothing special happened...

Now that decades have passed, and I understand circle of friction better and spent years on track, I'm still struggling with the concept that it may or may not be true... It's obviously not something you'd do on track since you always try to maximize time, nor on the road because you want either some engine braking or the option to accelerate... But say you are cornering at a speed near the tire limit (but not above), other than missing the weight transfer aspect F/R due to deceleration or acceleration (and the % of driving tire lateral grip lost to accelerating or braking) - does it make a different at all to the car handling if you are in gear or not when taking the turn ? The car sure feels less stable... can anyone explain why ?