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There's no reason at all to hold the clutch in when stopped and if on a flat road, you don't even need to hold the brake down-a plus in manual shifting (automatics start to go the second you let off the brake). It's much easier coming to a stop to put it in neutral and brake down. The only time you really need to keep the clutch engaged is on a hill. In those cases, I'm a clutch/gas/brake balancer. |
I brake until my revs are below 1000 (on my 1.6 petrol), then either change into first gear if i need to make a getaway soon and push down the clutch, or go to neutral and bring the clutch up to rest my leg if i'm not going anywhere for a while. I do play with my clutch just before stopping to get the smoothest stop, instead of a bit of a jolt, but that comes from experience with your car.
The way i look at it is all the time you havn't got the clutch down and your braking, your saving fuel, until you need to change gear because your about to stall. |
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clutch-in/neutral/clutch-out/break, stop; clutch-in/1st/clutch-out results in less clutch wear than clutch-in/break/1st, stop; clutch-out I do live in a hilly area though.. If there is some wear from flat road clutching, it can't contribute much compared to stopping and parking in these hills. |
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