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      09-02-2008, 12:50 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by mkoesel View Post
Interesting. I am curious, what is the reason for this? Is it just to maximize the engine braking? Or is it more about keeping the RPMs up? I do understand you normally want RPM high, but durring deceleration it seems sort of superfluous.
some like to keep the car in the right gear for the speeds they're at. im not that crazy about it, i skip gears doing that. if u want to maximize engine breaking u go to the lowest possible
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