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Changing Down The Gears When Slowing Down.
At the risk of being ridiculed, I need to know how to stop my car, or slow down my car without changing down the gears 4,3,2,1.
I was taught to do this when I learned to drive many moons ago.
I do a lot of town driving and I am finding that constantly depressing the clutch is actually taking its toll on my left knee. (as well as the Badminton!)
I really don't know what to do with the gears, if I just put my foot on the brake. Obviously, I don't mean an emergency stop. I mean approaching a junction and stopping without going down the gears.
What do you do with the clutch and the gears?
(Try not to take the mikey, please!)
I was taught to do this when I learned to drive many moons ago.
I do a lot of town driving and I am finding that constantly depressing the clutch is actually taking its toll on my left knee. (as well as the Badminton!)
I really don't know what to do with the gears, if I just put my foot on the brake. Obviously, I don't mean an emergency stop. I mean approaching a junction and stopping without going down the gears.
What do you do with the clutch and the gears?
(Try not to take the mikey, please!)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Tilly, take no notice of TWR. Yes brakes do fail and its as well to know what else you can do in the way of engine braking with the gears, but it may not be possible. Brakes are DESIGNED to stop the car and I can't understand why you wouldn't rely on them to do so. I am also puzzled by the thing about reading the lights and having no need to stop. Sometimes its possible to avoid stopping if you have seen the lights go red from quite a distance and are able to dawdle a bit but many of the lights around where I live are on 4 or 5 way options and you'd have no way of being able to avoid stopping.
Cant manage gears? I drove this 4x4 automatic with inbuilt screen for mapping/tv/dvd & self parking mode. Ideal for finding elusive London routes.
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I was taught years ago to use the brakes to slow down and not go through the gears. Dependant on you speed, using the gears is putting undue stress on the clutch and this gearbox, and this advice was accompanied be the saying 'brake linings are cheaper than gearboxes' One poster says that he engages neutral gear just before stopping, but this could be dangerous if the brakes fail.