[Artmasterx]

For what it's worth, the guys on Car Talk said the appropriate way to slow is not to down shift all the way through the gears, but to basically just coast/brake with the car in gear until you get to low RPMs, then depress the clutch and brake the rest of the way to a stop. It may be worthwhile to downshift once into something like third if you are coming from high speeds and a high gear.

Take it for what it's worth. Obviously this would be for "normal" everyday driving.

I would hope that no one would advocate downshifting all the way through the gears, that is just silly on a practical level...