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Old 07-23-2008, 06:16 PM   #3 (permalink)
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i would just coast in gear until you get to about 20-25 mph, then drop it into neutral. no reason to downshift however, just let your current gear run down your rpm and when it gets low, drop into neutral and get on the brakes. if youre going down a hill in neutral at 45 mph, chances are you will accelerate, which may not be safe if you need to stop all of a sudden.

at the same time, if the red light turns to green while your engine is at idle rpm at 30 mph, you would need to shift back into gear and rev match to avoid unnecessary wear on your clutch. unless you do this perfectly every time, you will either over-rev and possibly chirp your tires, or under-rev and force your clutch to do more work getting the engine up to the speed that it's supposed to be.

i hope i am making sense
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