Yes. In a rare bastard of a traffic jam I'll leave it in neutral, especially if it's downhill so all I need to do is let it roll ahead.
Once in a strange while I forget that I hadn't knocked it back in to first, and then I make myself into a public fool trying to take off in 3rd or whatever.
I was not taught to do this. But what's the difference between having the clutch pressed down all the way vs being in neutral?
If you just have the clutch in, then you can just take it back out to use the power of the engine to do whatever you need to do.
If you're rolling around in neutral then you basically made yourself useless. If you drive a manual, try just turning it off. It's a little bit fun and you can start it back up by taking your foot off the clutch. But why would you want to do that except for the fun of it?
I meant in the context of waiting at a traffic light.
can you not just rev match and put it back in gear? would you rather wear your clutch/transmission down or your brake pads? Who taught you how to drive? Why would you suggest someone roll start their car for fun?
Are you trying to go somewhere? When the light turns green, then why wouldn't you want to go forward unless there's some junk in front of you blocking the road?
There's literally no reason to want to have to juggle the stick around after you noticed the light turned green and now you're in neutral. Ever replaced a throwout bearing? It's hardly a worry.
I would rather wear my clutch and transmission. Brakes are something you have to replace every so often because they're one of the easiest wear items on the car. Try riding down a mountain when your brakes start smoking.
Any decent gearbox lasts a longass time unless you kill it, and the clutch and the rest is a longer-term wear item than the spark plugs.
>driving test involves knowing how to brake in emergencies
>mfw have to slam both clutch and brakes simultaneously to pass it
'emergency'
What's wrong with that? You want to stall while you're emergency braking?
Takes pretty long to stop without engine braking considering it would be an emergency. You put in the clutch when you actually slow down...why would you stall?