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Originally Posted by BayDriverSF
Does anyone "pre-brake" as well? I come from a manual car (Audi S4), so I got used to doing this. I'm usually in D shift mode. When approaching a stop from high speed (off ramp for example), I use the left paddle shifter to downshift to the lowest gear it will let me, and continue to downshift further as the stop comes closer. By the time I actually have to brake, I'm only at 35 mph instead of 90 mph. I figure in the long run it'll spare my brakes, but shouldn't impact the gears much. Also, less brake dust.
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I try not to do tat as I feel it would wear out the gearbox. I rather wear down the brakes as it was designed and meant to in the first place.