When Approaching A Red Light

[fLipKnot]

Just out of curiousity guys

[Lukas]

I usually slow down! :lol:

[Chainfire]

i usually put it straight into neutral

[mr 32 4door]

how far away from the red light are we?? if we got a lil way i would shift down, if we close i would shift down a few gears then go the the neutral, i just dont no u would want to no this?? lol

[Sambo33]

neutral or clutch in. i used to do heaps of downshifting, but its a waste of time for most traffic 'slow-stop' conditions

[danh]

80-0 on freeway, if its just a cruisey slow down then i would prob use mostly brakes, drop it into 3 then brake some more then neutral and stop.

same process when at 50/60 in city when stopping slowly

but when stopping hard thats another thing all together!

[Konrad]

When i was learning to drive i was told i'd fail my licence test if i 'clutch coasted' to the lights. Had to downshift.

Besides gear breaking is kinder to your brakes (although less kinder to your engine :lol: ). I look at it in an emergency situation, someone outta nowhere rams you from behind and you're in neutral you'll go flying, in gear there'd be more resistance, plus it'd be quicker to put your foot down and get out of their way if you saw them coming as you wouldn't have to shift back into gear or risk the car bogging down while you attempt to take off in fourth or something....

Having said that i usually do a combination of both. Downshift then clutch coast the last few metres.

[danh]

yeh i was taught to always have the car in a gear, ie the correct gear for the given situation.

as konrad said, saves getting stuck in a sticky situation, also makes for better practice if you want to learn how to race on track.

having said that, i do get lazy in traffic

[LO_R33]

When i was taught by my driving instructed he told me always to go from 5th,4th to 2nd... when comming to a rounderbout or a set of lights, form their its a slip into first when under <20k's

Even though i always used to just go to neautral, i found that its more enjoyable going down through the gears:D

Dayne

[Driver]

depends on how lazy im feeling

[rinmak]

Say im cruising up to a red light in 4th for example, I usually just cruise up to it using no gas but fully in gear, then when revs get to about 1,000rpm I will clutch it and stop the car using the brakes.

I dont see the point in downshifting unless its really heavy braking. In my opinion its just more wear and tear on the clutch/gears.

Coasting as soon as you see the red uses more fuel than leaving the car in gear as the car must use fuel rather than the wheels to keep the engine turning over (so i hear).

[satanic]

Auto tiptronic so it's either downshift or brake.... there ain't no other way!

[KICKIN]

Is this like a smart or dumb realisation joke or sumthin.

i clutch in.

cuz u have to clutch in to down shift or to put it in neutral, if u dun wana wreak ya sincro's...

?!?

or am i just a smart ass?

[rinmak]

Is this like a smart or dumb realisation joke or sumthin.

i clutch in.

cuz u have to clutch in to down shift or to put it in neutral, if u dun wana wreak ya sincro's...

?!?

or am i just a smart ass?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Indeed you are

[Falcon XR6T]

#1: I have no idea why the hell you would wan't do know what people do approaching a red light. WTF?

#2: I also have no idea why anyone was interested in replying to this thread. WTF?

#3: By the way... WTF?

[nghiagero]

yes.... wtf indeed... wat else wud u do wen u get to a red light lol

[rinmak]

I think its a worthy question.

Interesting to know how many people use engine braking as apposed to coasting into a stop, and to get positives/negatives on each.

[gt-t_r34]

if im ages away from the lite i just nuetral it and coast along til i just break lightly and if i pretty close i down shift.

when my old girls with me she doesnt like it when i down shift coz sometimes it jolts!

[sl33ek]

Neutral then coast to stop. But then I have a habit of putting it in neutral whenever I can, love those downhills.

Gt_t_34 to stop it from jolting when downshifting, put it in neutral, tap the gas so rpm goes up around 1k then downshift.

Say you're in 4th, go to N, blip the gas then go to 3rd. It will be as smooth as an auto. Sounds awkward but its easy and becomes second nature.

[danh]

after you learn blipping as explained ^ then you can move on to heal-toe

once you have mastered those you wont ever want to coast or clutch-in to stop again, its just too much fun!