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Old 08-11-2014, 10:25 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by housecat View Post
n I will put the car in neutral and apply the brakes (the other method would be do downshift through each gear as you slow down, but I prefer to just leave it in neutral).
There's no need to downshift through every gear coming to a stoplight.

And you're clutching in like a 100 feet before the light. Is that your normal driving style? You can clutch in much closer to your braking point, just get your timing right.

I usually downshift one gear, but sometimes maybe 2 gears if I'm in too high of a gear. And try and roll as slowly as I can towards red lights. This saves gas over approaching an intersection as fast as you can and then making your car idle in neutral, or rolling as you're doing it.
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