LeVeL
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In casual driving, when coming to a stop from a high speed in a high gear, do you:
a) Downshift through the gears
b) Put it into neutral and coast/brake to a stop with the clutch out
c) While keeping the clutch in, move the gear lever down through the gears, eventually going down to 2nd and then neutral and only then letting the clutch out
d) Slow to a crawl in whatever high gear you were in and then go into neutral
In my Miata I always go with (a) but the TL is geared in such a way where that often doesn't feel right - I find myself slowing to a crawl in 3rd, before I've had a chance to shift to 2nd. In such cases, I've heard that rather than going into neutral, it's better to keep the clutch in and go into 2nd and then neutral. Basically, if slowing down quickly from 5th, you'd clutch in, shift to 4th, shift to 3rd, shift to 2nd, shift to neutral, and then clutch out. Is there any truth to this being better than just going from 6th into neutral right away?
a) Downshift through the gears
b) Put it into neutral and coast/brake to a stop with the clutch out
c) While keeping the clutch in, move the gear lever down through the gears, eventually going down to 2nd and then neutral and only then letting the clutch out
d) Slow to a crawl in whatever high gear you were in and then go into neutral
In my Miata I always go with (a) but the TL is geared in such a way where that often doesn't feel right - I find myself slowing to a crawl in 3rd, before I've had a chance to shift to 2nd. In such cases, I've heard that rather than going into neutral, it's better to keep the clutch in and go into 2nd and then neutral. Basically, if slowing down quickly from 5th, you'd clutch in, shift to 4th, shift to 3rd, shift to 2nd, shift to neutral, and then clutch out. Is there any truth to this being better than just going from 6th into neutral right away?