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Originally Posted by Antithesis

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?

Its better to have power to the drive-train available at all times in case you need to make evasive maneuvers in an emergency situation. Proper shifting technique doesn't wreck things.