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Old 07-20-2010, 01:10 PM   #84 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jeffblue View Post
keeping the car in gear when you slow down to a stop, and then depressing the clutch once the revs drop to about 1000 and coming to a complete stop does not cause excess wear, correct?
correct, given that you gently downshift into the lower gear.

and i usually clutch-in before the engine goes idle (you can feel a bump in the drivetrain) so probabaly a tad higher than 1K rpm.
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