I always press on the clutch before braking, for example: getting over the speed bump, cornering, etc...
I've been doing this for the past 2 years.
I'm not sure this habit is good or bad, but I feel that my ride will be smoother from doing this.
Any advice?

This post has been edited by Evolutionf33: Aug 11 2011, 09:49 PM

Well, nothing wrong with it...... Like when going downhill, I free my gear.....

its better right? cos promotes smooth driving, cos if low speed, high gear, jerking?

Depends, if second gear won't jerk much... But if 4th or 5th will.... And can improve our FC also.....

for me during high speed dont press clutch .. if low speed can..

I'm not sure because last time my driving instructor told me that pressing clutch while cornering is a very dangerous act.

yes because the wheels no longer hold the loads from the engine and might end up causing you to go faster than you can in a corner.

how i noe? well it happened to me which costed me a very expensive bumper replacement

Try to pull hand break before breaking even better

in my opinion, letting the car goes free sliding before u step on brake, might not be a good idea.
if this become a habit, u might have difficulties later when u are going high speed.

i step on brake first, and then clutch. regardless of my driving speed.

its ok to do it provided u don't slam the brakes.

however this practice will wear the brakes faster than usual brake with gear engaged, cuz when u brake while stepping the clutch or in free gear, the car has lesser grip thus more momentum, thus more braking is required to slow down the car, thus more brake wear. While if u brake with gear engaged, u slow down not 100% relying on the brakes, the gears also helped in slowing down thus lesser brake wear.

another advice is, rather than stepping on the clutch, why not just switch to free gear? cuz stepping on the clutch just holding it down like that ain't good and will definitely wear the clutch out very fast. clutch are suppose to be step just to switch gears, not to be step to let the car be in free gear. if free gear is what u want then switch it to free gear then let go the clutch, don't hold it down.

Try that when going down Genting ~

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Added on August 11, 2011, 6:01 pmNot lesser grip la....when ur car is in gear....the engine compression will naturally slow down your car so less braking are needed ~

Plus if u free your gear at a downhill like Genting your brake will overheat and fade thus will become very dangerous....when brake fade happen the car can be suddenly no brakes ~



This post has been edited by Wilson13B: Aug 11 2011, 06:01 PM

Well, tested before, not bad the experience, haha... But my brakes are burning after that....

Braking. Not breaking.

bad habit, how can it be smoother when the car and engine revs don't match.

When you press the clutch. it actually disengage the clutch from the engine flywheel which mean the power of the engine is not transfer to the wheel. that's why you feel the car starting to slow down a little. Pressing the clutch is not a way to slow the car, in fact it is very inappropriate as it will worn the clutch out much faster and it is very dangerous as you will have no control of your car momentum.

I also have this habit, but i only press the clutch when braking near the bump.

Nomally i drive fast on straight roads but i slow down on the speed bumps (slow as possible).

Because of this habit i have to press clutch for the car to be smooth (using gear 2).

Will this cause the clutch to be worn out faster ?

EDIT : i dont use the clutch to make the car to slow down. i slow down the car first and then i press clutch when going on the speed bumps.

This post has been edited by Maapu: Aug 13 2011, 07:53 AM

only idiots / noobs press clutch during braking. press your clutch at the LAST MOMENT before full stop, the only purpose of pressing the clutch is to prevent the car from stalling (and changing gear, obviously)

This post has been edited by stormlcc: Aug 13 2011, 09:29 AM

+1.
Today I tried to pass through the speed bump without pressing the clutch.
The car feels jerky when I accelerate.


This post has been edited by Evolutionf33: Aug 13 2011, 10:45 AM

This is a bad habit.
I know coz I used to do it too, when I don't know about engine braking.
What happens is your mind is trained to always press the clutch first before braking.
Imagine in an emergency brake situation, where reflex is everything. Releasing the clutch first takes away valuable time. Then you don't take advantage of engine braking thus reduces total braking power when you needed it most.
It's the same thing going downhill, or sharp cornering.

Clutch is using left leg to control......
But when emergency situation arise, people will only slam the brake without doing other things....
I can say a thousand stories that I can do this do that when a dog comes out suddenly in the forum, but in actual, I only able to slam on the brake and do nothing..... This is human's mind.....

My point:
"But when emergency situation arise, people will on reflex do whatever they've always been doing to slow down the car without doing other things.... ".
You just need to press the clutch once while still critically trying to get your car's speed under control and you've lost valuable engine braking power.

Yeah, I know your point, but then it won't work.....