RE: Downshifting for Normal Driving

[Jon Blake <jonb@u.washington.edu>]

I'm going to end up sounding like a real ole fart if I keep responding to
these posts. But, what the hey - I learn and drove British sports cars
from my teens through twenties, you know the ones with "Lucas Prince of
Darkness" electrics. Anyway, I was taught, and continue today, to always
put trans in neutral, clutch pedal out while waiting at stops, etc. Never
hold car on hill with clutch.

Works for me - jon

On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Peter Henriksen wrote:

> 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
>