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Message: <blockquote data-quote="94RedGt" data-source="post: 916021" data-attributes="member: 16001">U should practice downshifting for coming to stops or red lights, not saying coasting to a stop is bad but its always nice to know that you are in the correct gear for the speed that ur going in case u have to suddently get out of the way or if the light changes. The first day i drove my first manual car(little miata, fun little cars but no balls) my brother who was with me told me to downshift for slowing down, engine braking wont put that much stress on your drive train, it helps slow u down without having to use the brakes until u are near the light. I do this with mine, while everyone else is hitting their brakes im camly downshifting from highest to lowest and slowing down at a good rate of speed, u also get those pops if urs exhaust is loud wich is nice <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. Dont worry about downshifting that much, revmatching or using heeltoe is not really necessary, i just go from 5 to 4 to 3 without touching the gas and its all fine, modern trannies have syncros for that reason, just let the clutch out easy so u dont smack all that stuff down there. About the 1 to 2 gear slowlyness well not much u can do there , if u want it to be faster then throw the shifter down faster, if ur using stock shifter then be carefull when shifting hard , slaming the stick too far will put some strain on ur syncros , well its what i have heard anyways, u should get an aftermarket shifter if u wanna be safe on that side, they have stop bolts that u can adjust to stop the shift were it will engage and thats it. All i can say is take care of ur tranny, and i would not recomment shifting the car into 1st if ur still going well over 10 miles, u dont wanna end up like me were i cant even shift into first anymore even when the car is at a stop, i have to shift it to second first then slowly put it in first or it will grind pretty bad, my 1st and 2nd gear syncros are toast, when downshifting into second my tranny will pop out of gear, the stick comes out of second so fast that it will knock u out if u had ur face in the way.</blockquote>