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Originally Posted by smallseafishie
Brakes are meant to stop the car. Use them!
I apply the brakes to slow down the car with the car in whatever gear it is. Keep braking then apply clutch as necessary to prevent RPM's from dropping below 1500RPM and shift into the appropriate gear to get going again (dependent on what the car is moving at).
If coming to a complete stop, I brake until RPM gets at about 1500 RPM, engage clutch, shift into neutral, and then stop.
The only time I engine brake is when I'm going through steep or long downhills.
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That's what I do.
I downshift out of the necessity of keeping the engine in the powerband and generally don't see a point to engine braking.
Don't coast in neutral ... it's unsafe to not have the car in gear.