I only started driving manual about a year ago when I got my 2001 gsr. For my first few weeks I always put the car in neutral before I brake. One day my cousin was riding with me and he told me that I should brake with the car in gear because the transmission will help slow it down and there will be less strain on the brakes. Nowadays this is how I brake. Just wondering whats the best way to brake and how does everybody else do it?

 

brakes are cheaper to replace than a tranny.

 

Make a hole in the floor board big enough for you and a buddy's feet to fit and do it flintstone style!

...But yeah, use your brakes not your tranny. I use the motor/tranny to slow down when going downhill so that the brakes dont over-heat.

 

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Or an engine. Braking in gear will indeed help stopping, but puts wear onto the tranny and engine.

 

It depends on what you are doing. During a panic stop, push in the clutch and brake hard. Going into a corner, brake hard with the car in gear and clutch engaged. Normal braking, leave the car in gear until about 2000 RPM and then depress the clutch. Braking is very situational.

 

I'm talking about just everyday normal braking and whether its better to brake in gear or neutral.

 

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In gear. Helps improve fuel economy as well. Everyone says "but the motor" (and apparently the tranny as well), but under no load situations, the wear on the engine is basically non-existant.

 

coast as low as you wanna go, light on the brakes, dubble clutch to downshift with a heel-toe. its easy on everything.

i never downshift into 2nd. i just go from 3rd to neutral.


or just do whatever feel comfortable

if your slowing down in gear, make sure you take it out of gear around 1500 rpms, otherwise your engine will try to keep itself from stalling out by adding fuel and thats not what you want.

 

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Or an engine. Braking in gear will indeed help stopping, but puts wear onto the tranny and engine.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i dont think it will wear any more than idling as long as you dont go nuts with it. like after you pull and your at 80 in third, dont leave it hangin at 6 grand.

 

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In gear. Helps improve fuel economy as well. Everyone says "but the motor" (and apparently the tranny as well), but under no load situations, the wear on the engine is basically non-existant.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, I thought that this was the case, but some of the people above seem to think otherwise.

 

cant go wrong braking in neutral, thats what neutral is there for

 

in full stop i put my gear in neutral and jsut brake

 

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if your slowing down in gear, make sure you take it out of gear around 1500 rpms, otherwise your engine will try to keep itself from stalling out by adding fuel and thats not what you want.</TD></TR></TABLE>

sometimes ill break till the point of below that so thanks
if thats true then ill have to get it back to neutral before 1500 then.

 

this is how i brake.

normal 40mph braking.

down shift (heel-toe) + brake until 2nd gear,

nuetrual, still on brakes.

stop.

 

i agree that braking is situational, basically depends on what you're trying to do. But for daily driving if you're going to down shift while braking, downshift at the appropriate rpms so you dont put too much wear on your tranny, i usually put it into neutral inbetween 1500-2000rpms

 

If you really want to **** the people behind you off... downshift brake the whole way down to ~5mph or so.

Realistically, do whatever you feel the most comfortable with. But in emergencies you'll never have enough time to rev-brake.