RE: Poll#2: slowing down

["Chris Warren" <tofer@foxinternet.net>]

Brakes are a LOT cheaper than engine and tranny....I do some "double
clutching" but I match engine speed befor engaging the clutch.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of cyng
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 1998 5:30 PM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.COM
> Subject: Poll#2: slowing down
>
>
> Allo again.
>    I have another poll for you, if you've got time.
>    My brakes are 3 years old, on my '95 GLX, and I'd like to go easy on
> them as funds are in short supply at the moment (we're moving). I know
> that one can effectively slow down by downshifting and easing the clutch
> out, but this seems to me to be a somewhat unhealthy thing to do to your
> engine or clutch.
>    My brother makes heavy use of clutch-slowing when he drives his '93
> CorradoSLC. He claims that the engine can take the torquing of that sort
> of slowing, but, as I said, it just feels unhealthy for the car.
>    Thoughts?
>    Thanks again.
> -T
>