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Originally Posted by DriveHard

I perfer downshifting in general. the above post basically covered what you were asking, but i would add in busy cities / towns i like to have the car in a gear ready for evasive / defensive manuvers..... Nothing worse to scramble for a gear when a car decides to cut over from the turning lane and stopping just wont do it.

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Originally Posted by Ruffan

The best (and most fun) way to downshift is to rev-match on the downshift. Heel-toe downshifts match the engine speed to the transmission speed and will almost eliminate the wear on your clutch.

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