Hey, help me settle a bet

Hey, help me settle a bet.

When driving a standard car, when breaking, do you pop it into neutral when you hit the breaks or do you keep it in gear until you get down to a lower speed and then shift into neutral as you come to a stop?

>breaks

it's brakes, dude

one of the massive advantages of driving "stanard" is that you can engine brake.

and no, you should always remain in a gear unless you are eco driving / lazy.

i used to leave it in gear till the rpm dropped down to around 1000 then downshift i'm in 3rd or higher

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wat no

Chuck in to progressively lower gears and imagine you turned on your jake brake. Clutch in the end so you don't stall when you come to a stop, and then back in to 1st just as you're almost at a halt so that the transmission is spinning enough that you don't to beat up the synchros for it to slip in.

coasting out of gear is a bad idea

Rather than me tell you, I'd like you to experience it for yourself, and if you survive, you will understand.

Farewell, sweet prince.

When i'm nearing a traffic light i let it cruise in neutral and then brake

Why would you even bother putting it in neutral? Did you skip every leg day of your life or did you think it would be a good idea to forcibly disconnect the engine from the car and leave it that way because ha ha why would a car need an engine?

So you sit at the traffic light pressing down the clutch and leaving it in 1st gear rather than waiting for it to turn green in neutral and then shifting back to 1st to go?