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View Poll Results: Do you downshift or coast up to stop signs or red lights?
Downshift 27 36.49%
Coast in neutral 47 63.51%
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Old 06-09-2009, 06:12 PM   #76
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i almost always downshift... its just way i learned to drive stick....
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Old 06-11-2009, 12:31 PM   #77
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i dont remember.... havent had it out since nov 26th...

i think i coast, only downshift to lights that i can see are about to change, or if i wanna show off/hear my car. lol
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Old 06-11-2009, 12:49 PM   #78
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There's no way that's true. When I'm heading to the river and I hit the downhill portion leading up to the traffic light I coast an easy half mile or more at 45 mph with the engine at idle. If you downshifted you wouldn't even make it to the light without having to give it gas.
depends on how much you gear down on your way there.

and to anyone who might think downshifting will waste alot of gas-

if your foot is off of the gas pedal when slowing down (which it should be), youre really not consuming any more gas than if u coasted. yes the rpms might be up but thats because it's engine braking, not because youre on the throttle. cant be using much fuel if your tps is reading 0%
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Old 06-11-2009, 01:01 PM   #79
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if your foot is off of the gas pedal when slowing down
If your foot is on the gas pedal, how could you be slowing down?
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Old 06-11-2009, 01:12 PM   #80
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If your foot is on the gas pedal, how could you be slowing down?
when did the throttle become an on/off switch?
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Old 06-11-2009, 01:13 PM   #81
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when did the throttle become an on/off switch?
True.
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Old 06-11-2009, 01:31 PM   #82
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If your foot is on the gas pedal, how could you be slowing down?
1) bring foot away from floor. retain pressure on pedal.

2) watch speedometer go down
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Old 06-11-2009, 01:33 PM   #83
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1) bring foot away from floor. retain pressure on pedal.

2) watch speedometer go down
Melissa already pointed that out. Thanks for further clarification though.
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Old 06-11-2009, 03:38 PM   #84
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I've probably spent more time driving manuals than you haha....so what if I've never driven a stick vehicle under 7500 lbs...
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Old 06-11-2009, 03:47 PM   #85
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I downshift depending on the car. if its something fun like a V8 F-Body sure
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Old 06-11-2009, 04:55 PM   #86
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and to anyone who might think downshifting will waste alot of gas-
if your foot is off of the gas pedal when slowing down (which it should be), youre really not consuming any more gas than if u coasted.
that is if you're not revmatching.
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Old 06-11-2009, 05:18 PM   #87
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There's no way that's true. When I'm heading to the river and I hit the downhill portion leading up to the traffic light I coast an easy half mile or more at 45 mph with the engine at idle. If you downshifted you wouldn't even make it to the light without having to give it gas.

Brakes are a lot cheaper than clutch jobs but don't forget that downshifting is putting a sudden surge to your engine which loads it up a bit and causes more engine wear than coasting does. In the long run, I'm sure downshifting causes more wear, maintenance and costs than coasting does. But it would probably take at least 150K miles to really find out so I doubt we'll be able to prove anything. It's really just a driving style thing. I bet most of the people that downshift have a cutout or Loudmouth exhaust as well.
engine breaking turns your engine into a compressor. engine breaking at 5K uses less gas than idling at 1K. it's just the way engines work.

If you don't want to stop as quickly engine break in a higher gear.
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Old 06-11-2009, 06:03 PM   #88
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don't our engines have fuel overrun wheere if you let off the throttle the ECU converts the fuel injectors back into normal fuel supply to the cylinders.
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