RE: Downshifting for Normal Driving

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

I remember one of the AutoWeek contributors (Sam Moses?) writing about
how he'd taught his kid to always let the clutch back out at a full stop
if you're going to sit for a bit anyway, as he'd "replace more than
enough throwout bearings for one lifetime".

Any truth to that? (That you wear on the bearing, not whether or not
he'd replaced enough of them...)
- peter
  peterhe@microsoft.com - http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/1001
  91 200qw
  94 acura legend gs
  issaquah, wa, usa


>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Mike Miller [SMTP:JoMi@msn.com]
>[snip]
>everyday, non-spirited (why do I drive an Audi?), I usually put the trans
>into 
>neutral as I approach a stop sign or signal and keep the clutch in. I usually
>get over 150K to a clutch and have never had to rebuild a manual tranny do to
>wearing out components even above 200k.
>
>mike miller
>91 200q