High speed neutral coasting

[landrovered]

I coast regularly, gears are for going and brakes are for stopping. All this vroom vroom vroom downshifting coming to a stop sign is bad for the clutch. I simply kick it into neutral, coast til I brake and then rev match if I need to roll through a stop or put it in first to take off from a stop sign. Once you give up the rowing down through the gears it seems silly why you did it in the first place. Brake pads are a lot easier and cheaper to replace than a clutch.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by landrovered

I coast regularly, gears are for going and brakes are for stopping. All this vroom vroom vroom downshifting coming to a stop sign is bad for the clutch. I simply kick it into neutral, coast til I brake and then rev match if I need to roll through a stop or put it in first to take off from a stop sign. Once you give up the rowing down through the gears it seems silly why you did it in the first place. Brake pads are a lot easier and cheaper to replace than a clutch.

Yup, that is the proper way to do it. That is exactly what I told my wife when we bought the Boxster for her. She was used to downshifting to slow down from when she had a Celica GT years ago.. She got all pissed off and said she was not going to drive the car so I was stuck driving it. I'm such a good husband that I said OK, If you insist, Ill drive it, you drive the Passat. The only problem (?) is she then started looking for a 911 with a Tip. 6 months later she fond the one she wanted and now we have 2 Porsche.

If cornering, practice your heal/toe downshifting