Downshifting to First Gear q - new boxster owner

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Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310

Call me old school but I don't see the logic of downshifting to first period. You're either crawling in which case you can manage that in second more smoothly or going to stop which is always the better choice when going back to first. Some people hold the hill with their clutches too, never thought much of that practice either.

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2nd goes down to ~8mph. By then it's time to use the brakes