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Old 03-22-2012, 03:10 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Nick911sc View Post
There's no need to be shifting into first while the car is in motion. 2nd gear can handle pretty low speeds. If you're going 10-15 MPH coming to a stop you should be in second gear. It almost sounds like you are dis engaging the clutch too soon if you're out of gear rolling at 15 mph...If I understand correctly you're approaching a yield sign, so why are you disengaging the clutch? Keep going forward and then go about your business. But otherwise if you've disengaged the clutch you'll need to revmatch in order to stop the car from bogging down.
I just used the yield sign thing as an example of a time where I think I am going to stop but then it turns out that I need to keep going. Perhaps I anticipate too much and take the car out of gear too soon so that's definitely something to work on. But my question is more about what to do once I'm already in that situation.
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