Switching over to manual from auto I can drive and whatnot alright and have got rev matching down packed now
Question for you guys that I can't find an answer for anywhere >see red lights and am sitting in say 4th gear >clutch in switch to third, rev match a little so it doesnt lurch >release clutch and let car brake from being in the lower gear >do the same thing for 3rd to 2nd gear before finally stopping and putting into neutral
Am I killing the clutch doing this? Or is it fine?
Austin Collins
does no one here know either?
looks like the search continues
Connor Ward
>approaching red light just down shift to third and coast, after that just put it in neutral.
Thomas Peterson
Don't downshift at all. Just go to neutral and coast the entire time.
I'm not going to say it is bad... But it certainly isn't good.
Elijah Lopez
The proper method is what you're doing, OP. You're supposed to leave the car in gear in case you need to make an emergency maneuver.
Although it does in fact add wear to the clutch, I wouldn't be concerned. As long as you're not slipping each gear to make it smoother, you'll be fine.
Lincoln Thomas
You're doing it correctly. Why would you be killing the clutch? If you're rev matching or double clutching and not being violent about it.
William Butler
I drove a Nissan SE30 pickup to 180k miles on the original clutch and I downshifted every time I stopped.
Charles Ward
It's the technically correct method. But you can also lazyfag by coasting in 4th and applying brakes, then switching to neutral before full stop (since you know it's a red light and guaranteed stop)
Downshifting through all gears is "proper" because you are in full control the whole time, and faster if light switches to green before you get there
Jonathan Reed
>Not putting it in neutral and braking
FUCKING IDIOTS
Robert Ward
You're doing it right, the clutch is a wear item for a reason. And if you rev match you won't be wearing the clutch much anyway.
Nathaniel Brooks
This is absolutely good practice and you shouldn't stop doing it. Leave the car in neutral when you stop at a light because if you get run into your call will have the ability move and reduce damage done to you.
If you keep it in gear and get run into, your natural reaction will be to release all pedals causing the engine to stall, leaving yourself in danger.
Julian Collins
>notice truck careening towards you in rearview, it's right behind you >chad OP makes it out of the way because he's already in gear despite having been driving manual for a fraction of the time you have >you notice truck >fumble into gear >mis-shift >mash accelerator >car happily revs "you're a fucking retard" to you >you die >satan has a special level of hell for people giving bad advice on Veeky Forums >it's /r9k/ >you're forced to browse /r9k/ for the rest of your life
don't do that, OP
David Lewis
>/threat/ downshifting to brake with the gears/clutch was only a thing in 2001 fnf movie that was cool for ricers doing it in every redlight and corners
Nolan Myers
Nigga learn to drive a car then come back and tell us your sorry for giving bad advise
Brandon Robinson
iirc i was told in car school that you are supposed to use the brakes as little as possible, letting the engine do it for you by slowly and successively lowering the gears
Ethan Lopez
>car school
It's not even a ridiculous thing to say, it just got me right in the humerus, I guess.
Brody Evans
>if you get run into your call will have the ability move and reduce damage done to you. That's absolutely wrong and stupid.
What you want is to be braking hard in case someone runs into the back of you, so that your car moves less from the impact.
This will cause more damage to your car, but the car suddenly jerking forward is what causes damage to YOU, and you want to minimize that as much as possible.
Lucas Gonzalez
I keep it in gear and when the car is around 800rpm or so I put it in neutral
Luke Perry
>not coasting while braking.
I mean. I get it if you wanna practice downshifting or if you wanna hypermill but honestly its not that hard.
Colton Williams
>wasting gas to slow down when there is an entire component of the car specifically made for this job
Matthew King
Just buy an auto lol
Lucas Cooper
obvious bait is obvious >not upshifting as you slow down nice try
Connor James
You don't actually understand what's going on when you let off the gas pedal, do you?
Eli Lewis
>double clutching and not being violent about it. boy This reminds me how hard it's not to look like a sperg to normies if you want to double clutch downshift all the time.
Logan Bell
you do not do that.
Landon Hernandez
>be in neutral, coasting to a stop >notice truck careening >throw it in second and accelerate away
Wow so hard.
>ever fumbling trying to shift gears >not having a car that revs to 7500
Kayden Ward
>rpm thingy only go up >i no press gassy foot thing so engine dont use more
Jace Parker
I appreciate the serious responses greatly, really was the only thing I was questioning myself on
audible laffed reading this, however it also answered my Q