If this issue is somewhere else I am sorry, I didn't see it.I recently bought a 2006 Daytona GoManGo with 49000 miles on it. Nice GM at the dealership, told me to bring it in with any issues I found in the first few weeks. Took it in because if I am driving along above 30mph and take my foot of the gas pedal, the car will continue down the road at about 31-32 mph until i brake. I have gone more than a mile with my foot off the gas. Fastest I have noticed this is going 41-42 and car slowed to about 30 then cruised right on. At idle with foot on the brake and car in park it reads about 700rpms, as I am moving at 31-32mph the rpm's are steady at about 1100-1200. Dealer says the car is stock, no modifications.
The mechanic at the dealership just told me that "this is normal" for the Hemi. They didn't even address the issue because their transmission guy says its normal. I know of two other people with an 06 Hemi, one a daytona the other a truck, neither has this issue. Any ideas?

 

I would suspect this is normal as my car when I had it also needed to have the break applied to slow down at lower speeds. I noticed it early on in ownership because of all the school zones down here with posted limits at 20 or 25 mph. If there were no cars in front of me, I could cruise through the speed zone without applying the gas or break at all. Almost like it had cruise control.

I didn't think nothing of it as I have seen this 100x's over on higher horse power cars. The low end torque and HP was enough to sustain the vehicle at low speeds and needed the breaks quite often to keep it movin.

Now you mentioned about your friends "not" having this problem. First, you can not compare a car with a truck in this situation. The truck weighs a lot more and requires a lot more HP/torque to do the same thing and is also geared differently, so the truck won't do this. As for the other car, it will come down to how the car was maintained and running. If your friends car doesn't have this situation, his engine is just running differently than yours. Not necessarily a bad thing though. It could be just how his is running, but for the most part, these cars move pretty good without the gas pedal being pressed.

Oh and btw, mine was a 2009. I wouldn't worry about this problem unless you push the brake pedal and it doesn't stop... LOL!!!

 

Thanks L and R I appreciate the response. It just seemed a little weird to me but I am getting use to it the more I drive it. I do like the car. Again, thanks for the response.