Just curious. thanks, Kevin.
Good answer! For me, almost never. I suppose I pop it into neutral and apply the handbrake if I'm going to be sitting somewhere for a while. No need to put it in neutral at a stop.
I've learned to wait until I've come to a complete stop in my CS. I used to pop it into neutral coasting up to a light, but sometimes if you're almost stopped (1-2 mph) and the light turns green it doesn't want to go back to 1st without a full stop and the brake on. It's happened a few times to me and I was worried about getting rear ended.
Funny... I never shift into neutral. At stop lights/signs, I'll downshift to 2nd and let the car decide when to go into 1st and when it's time to go, foot off the brake onto the gas and off I go. When I park the car, I shut it down while in gear and the car automatically starts in neutral.
Does it preserve the clutch on an f1 trans to put into neutral? Prior owner told me he did so for such reason. True?
I drive a manual car as a dd. Do I go through all the gears when coming to a stop, no. Does this save the clutch and g.box, no. It just saves a whole lot of unnecessary gear changes. Sometimes in my 360 I shift down all the way to 1st before the F1 does it, just for fun! But usually I just flick it to neutral approaching a stop.
I leave mine in neutral when it's in the garage, with the handbrake on sometimes. I do that just incase I need to move it a few feet, that way I don't have to start it for a few seconds, and move it for a few feet. I did put it in neutral just once at a light when some high schoolers wanted to hear the engine rev.
When I am at a red light and I know the light takes a while to turn green I would put mine in neutral so I can rest my right foot. I have an F1. Dan
