Shift into Neutral to save TO Bearing?

[Taka Mizutani]

I got an informative lecture from Igor about why not to stop at a light with
the car in gear and the clutch pedal depressed.

It was an engineering explanation which I can't repeat, but I think you guys
have explained the jist of it here already.

That said, after hearing the explanation, I stopped leaving the car in gear
when stopped.

One other thing- I believe that if you rev match your downshifts, you
probably reduce a significant amount of clutch wear over the life of the
clutch.

Taka