Is it bad to change into first gear while moving?

[Gunny]

Then don't worry about switching to second.

You will switch to second only before you making a turn. And don't gear down when you stop (I wonder why one is not allowed to gear down ? It's saver aint it ?).

The idea is to keep both hands on the steering while braking. "Gearing down" sequentialy running down through the gears, is not nessesary unless you have serious braking issues. Brake to the speed you need to be then declutch and select the right gear for the speed. Once you get enough experiance you only use first from stop and very steep inclines.

Going into first from reverse and letting the clutch out while rolling back is madness, you putting extra strain on half the drive terrain (CVs, Gearbox, Clutch, Motor) those are all considerably more expensive to fix/replace than a decent set of brake pads.

Rather make the brakes work hard and save the clutch. R300 for new brake pads or a few thousand for a new clutch you decide.

 

[PostmanPot]

This is what's gonna happen to you when you go for your drivers licence test...

You are gonna:

ROFL!

When I first saw this your post, I was on a local account, so pic didn't load. Now on international.

 

[ToxicBunny]

I still wanna know how that fool managed it... and its a damn capetonian... was prob looking at the "mountain" in the mirror

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

now I will ask a good question:

Does gearing down gradually to a stop waste petrol?

 

[Gnome]

The idea is to keep both hands on the steering while braking. "Gearing down" sequentialy running down through the gears, is not nessesary unless you have serious braking issues. Brake to the speed you need to be then declutch and select the right gear for the speed. Once you get enough experiance you only use first from stop and very steep inclines.

If you drive a cheap car the gearing down while breaking helps, and when you get really good at driving you'll be able to tell when to go into first even if it isn't a steep incline or dead stop Sometimes you're just driving slow enough that 1st works better than 2nd (IE less than 10km/h) but I guess that depends on the car.

 

[kiepie]

ROFL!

When I first saw this your post, I was on a local account, so pic didn't load. Now on international.

Same here! LOL

 

[Velenoso]

now I will ask a good question:

Does gearing down gradually to a stop waste petrol?

Nah, if your foot isn't on the accelerator you're using the equivalent amount of fuel to just having the engine idling.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Oddly enough, I've noticed if you stay in gear and coast for a bit before pushing in the clutch you do save a BIT of fuel...

Not sure why this is the case, but yeah.