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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
Could not agree more! Although it may not make a difference.
I have a friend who drives stick and instead of gearing down to stop, she shifts into neutral. If she needs to slow down to make a corner, she will shift to neutral from 4th, then glide around the corner, then drop immeadiately to 2nd. FTL.  |
Maybe I'm going to embarrass myself with this post, but this is almost exactly what I do. In situations where I have to slow down, I usually put my car into neutral and shift back into whichever gear is appropriate when it's time to accelerate. I also shift into neutral when I am stopping for a red light/stop sign.
I'm not super car-expert guy, but it strikes me that it might be harder on the clutch/transmission (not to mention needlessly complicated) to cycle through each gear when you are slowing or stopping.
Am I insane? Or did I misunderstand your post?