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Originally Posted by Antonio
nah....nothing wrong with putting unneeded stress on the motor and drivetrain..... 
I'd much rather come to a stop with my brakes while in neutral which are a cheap and easy wear item to replace instead of constantly downshifting and revving down the motor, potentially causing damage to a more important and expensive driveline/powertrain part. Sure it may not happen, but each time you do, you run the risk of making a silly mistake. The more you do it, the higher the risk. |
Except downshifting is the proper way to drive a manual transmission. If you upshift and downshift properly, the car won't have any silly issues like the ones you're indicating. At all.
In fact, I'd never, ever put the car in neutral and coast to a stop while doing so. What happens to the vacuum created by your engine's load to help to slow you down when you're in neutral? It's not present.