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There's a lot of (kinetic) energy in a moving car, and that energy has to be gotten rid of. And that just can't happen instantly, it has to be a gradual thing. A car stopping in an instant would be like you jumping off a chair and trying to land with your legs held straight. Instant pain. OTOH if you bend your knees and stop gradually all is fine.

Check that you rpm is dropping back down as soon as you release the gas pedal. If not, its a sticky Throttle Body (really bad) if it does drop then make sure that next to the throttle body is protruding anything out to stop it from going all the way down, and make sure the idle isn't too high, because if it idles high, its the same as pressing the gas pedal.

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