Originally Posted by servantry
its just the other day some guy was telling me to stay in gear through turns for traction, espcially during the winter. i just want to make sure im not comfortable with a bad habit.. you know?
Either in or out of gear isn't exactly a bad habit...you can get into traction trouble on slick roads either way (just imagine if you gunned it while in gear and going though a turn).
Originally Posted by oldskoolcivic
oh yea everytime i go to a red light, i go to neutral and take my foot off the ckutch, and hit the brakes, if the light turns green, i clutch it, shift to 1st, then gas and slowly let off the clutch. a friend of mines always keeps the shifter at 1st, and depresses the clutch all the way everytime hes at a red light. once it turns green, he just gas it and let off the clutch. is that bad for the clutch since the engine is at like 1krpm and your clutch is depressed for a long time?
Your friend's leg must be pretty tired at the end of each light
