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Originally Posted by Frost
Braking means my right foot goes on the brakes. My brakes squeeze the rotors and the result is in a loss of speed (RPM of the engine correspondingly drops) and when RPMs drop enough for the gear down speeds, I downshift whilst staying on the brakes.
This order means I use the brakes to slow down the car wheel speed and engine speed and not gearing to force the engine into high revs and slow down. This doesn't give anyone behind you an indication you are slowing down until you actually do.
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You can still rev match your down shifts and use the engine to slow the car while just barely pressing the brake pedal to have the brake lights come on. If you do it right you're not causing anymore wear and tear on the car and you're saving your brakes.
Engine braking isn't some crazy thing that's going to completely ruin your car if you do it unless you do it really wrong.