Stopping for stop signs

[Imrac]

My General 4 way stop procedure, patent pending.

Step 01: Rev match into 2nd gear and compression brake
Step 02: Press clutch in at low RPMs and shift out of gear
Step 03: Use the break to come to a complete stop
Step 04: Look in all directions and locate the driver that has been stopped for several seconds
Step 05: Wait 3-6 seconds until you come to the conclusion the other driver doesn't understand the right of way at a four way stop.
Step 06: Proceed to shift into 1st, start to give it gas
Step 07: Press the brakes after realizing the other driver is starting as well
Step 08: Wait for the other driver to hit the brakes too
Step 09: Repeat steps 05 through 08 two to four times, while adding an additional hand motion/Hazard flash/low beam flash
Step 10: Finally proceed through the intersection trying not to loose faith in humanity

or

Step 01: Roll down your Window
Step 02: Yell, "YOLO!" while extending your middle finger out the window
Step 03: Continue in third gear with your right foot planted firmly on the accelerator.

But Generally, the way Khazzy describes it.

[xxscaxx]

I usually start out in second if its a quick stop/look. Guess its just a habit with the 6speed since owning my old sti.

When I go to drive my brothers wrx, I hate that I have this habit bc 5 speed + second gear start = michael j fox car

[tracerit]

this is bad, but i usually roll through stop signs when there are apparently no other cars in the area. not roll quickly though.

my question is, can you roll while in first? when i test drove an FR-S at the dealer parking lot, it didn't seem like i could roll much in first toherwise it would've stalled.

i'm coming from a 335i with huge amounts of torque so i never stall.

[Porsche]

[quote=tracerit;790110]this is bad, but i usually roll through stop signs when there are apparently no other cars in the area.


That's why the Enforcers are HIDING!

They're waiting for YOU!

my question is, can you roll while in first?

Sure. Why not?

So long as the car isn't bucking and lurching and stalling, it's fine. Your car will tell you when it doesn't like it.

[switchlanez]

If I stay in gear to a stop, I start to bog. So I have to press the clutch sooner and longer than 3 seconds to prevent bogging (not good in the long term). Wear on your car can occur during times of rapid transient change. I feel much better about braking with my transmission disconnected (in neutral) rather than forcing my transmission to undergo unecessary wear.

But at low traffic, familiar intersections where I know cops can't be hiding while seeing me in view, I can get away with a rolling stop in 2nd gear. Been driving 14 years without a stop sign ticket whereas my parents have gotten some. *knock on wood*

[l0aded]

Originally Posted by whtchocla7e

I hate to admit it but I no longer fully stop at stop signs if there's no one else at the intersection. I do a rolling stop and take off in second.

If I have to stop then I follow the same procedure as you guys.

same here. no shame in it.

[kayen]

Well I typically think in a mindset that I am always at the track, which keeps you from getting rusty. So for any time I am slowing down:

1.) Heel Toe Downshift to the next gear below
2.) Apply braking until desired next downshift (repeat 1st step)
3.) Once Heel Toe to 2nd gear, slow to approx. 2k rpms depress clutch
4.) Slow down to approx. 5mph, Heel Toe into 1st gear.
5.) Keep Clutch Depressed while in 1st gear and come to complete stop.
6.) Check all directions and look for any bystanders
7.) Proceed to give it hell, if the environment safely allows it

[Frost]

1- Slow down, downshift + heel toe depending on speed appropriate for gear.
2- Once down to 2nd gear and almost at a stop, clutch in and use brake to come to complete stop obeying the stop line.
3- Once at complete stop, put it in first and clutch out to go when safe to do so.

Never leave in neutral. Just clutch in.

[Turbowned]

Stoping for stop signs

I stope for no man!

[jstans84]

I always engine brake till I hit just under 2k RPMs, Push in clutch, slow to stop, shift into first and go.

[Trog]

I use the motorcycle technique... leave it in first gear as I slow down, monitor my review mirror for morons on their cell phone, get ready to accelerate away if it appears they're not going to stop.

[jstans84]

Originally Posted by Trog

I use the motorcycle technique... leave it in first gear as I slow down, monitor my review mirror for morons on their cell phone, get ready to accelerate away if it appears they're not going to stop.

Same reason I stop my car like I stop my bike.

[njccmd2002]

currently active users today 689, are we done with this thread or does any one want to add something besides me.

any way is good, especially if u like it.

[pwned88]

Stop -> clutch in -> 1st gear -> redline -> Drop it like it's hot


That's what the honda guys tell me anyways..