as someone who just recently got their first stick too, i don't downshift usually, i just brake. i know it saves the brakes and all to downshift, but i feel more comfortable using the brake instead and i feel that's more important.
i might start downshifting one day, but the way i see it, i'm not wasting my brakes any FASTER than i was with automatics, i'm just not wasting them slower.
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