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Originally Posted by Giccin
Anyways back to the breaking.
Now that you guys are talking about all of these intricate breaking techniques.. I'm starting to winder if what I'm doing is going to blow my clutch up.
Depending on the light situation, I'd ether put my car in N and cruise it all the way and break. If I see the light go green and theres a long o'l line I'll break when the distance looks kind of right and downshift from whatever gear I'm on to 2nd or 3rd depending on how far the car infront of me moves. o_O
Enlighten me! Lol
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Originally Posted by ryun84
It's a general rule that you don't want to be in neutral for too long while driving. <b>There may come a situation in which you would need to accelerate out of danger and if you're in neutral, it would take you that much more time to shift into gear and gun it.</b> By that time, the unspeakable may have already happened. I almost always downshift until I reach less than 10mph approaching a stop and heel/toe into turns unless I feel super lazy for some reason or (like lately) am worried about wasting too much gas when rev-matching.
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To be honest, I was taught like what Giccin said and I think that may be *incorrect*. Ryun84 said it nicely for the reasoning. I will need to adjust my driving methods now. Unfortunately, my current ride does not allow me to heel-toe because the pedals are placed closely. Somehow for some reason, it is very easy to do this on the RHD Japanese cars. I don't know why?
So, based on some feedback, during the braking situation, one should stay in gears during slowing down until either 10 mph or 3-5 mph because shifting into neutral. Is this the consensus among the folks?