The clutch pin thing is a complete non-issue dreamed up by car nerds. No car mechanic you ask will ever have a story about that breaking from keeping your clutch pressed in.
Manual - HOW?!
James Reed
Jackson Powell
fair enough, but it still causes wear on the clutch
Let's say you downshift 3 times per stop and there are 10 points where you do this in your commute per way, per day. That's 300 extra shifts a week, 15100 extra shifts per year. You're seriously claiming that that's negligible??
Parker Phillips
Do you guys RPM match before downshifting to a stop? I don't like those lumpy approaches to traffic lights.
Thomas Russell
Yes, excess slippage is what wears a clutch. A quick shift doesn't get it hot enough to really damage anything.
Justin Stewart
you should always rev match when downshifting. But downshifting is not necessary when approaching a stop in a residential/rural/city roads. Just go into neutral and coast and brake :)
Levi Diaz
Not in the convo, but yeah. Id estimate a car does a million shifts in its lifetime.
Noah King
Don't ever not revmatch when downshifting. It's uncomfortable and damaging.
Elijah Wright
>Going Highway speed 85-100, 6th gear, notice traffic ahead is stopped, start braking
>Put in neutral at and coast at 70mph while braking
>This extra stopping distance puts you at absolutely no disadvantage, and in fact warns the people behind you for longer that they need to slow down too, because we all know that someone downshifting doesn't use the brake lights long enough - it's an all-or-nothing response; they simply slam everything down and come to a complete stop far too early and break down due to the excessive wear on the engine, not sufficiently warning people behind them and causing traffic accidents!
Real clever, user.
Gabriel Jones
I don't know what kind of car this scenario is in, but in my car I can brake and stay in highest gear until about 35 - 40 mph so no, I wouldn't be coasting at 70 fucking mph. I'd engine brake and brake normally until 40 mph and never indicated that it was "all or nothing"
Daniel Sanders
He's mocking that user.
>because everyone knows x clearly does y and only y
shows the sarcasm.