Horse wrote:GJD wrote:Astraist wrote:My point isn't that braking should be intermittent, but that the car should be kept in a gear that would be responsive if you choose to accelerate.
I would describe what I aim for as the other way around - I select an appropriately responsive gear when (but not before) I choose to accelerate.
It's the question I had in mind responding to TripleS's post earlier today - if gear C is the gear you're in when you start braking, do you sometimes change down to gear B part way through braking, then after some more braking and before accelerating, change down again to gear A? If I've not misunderstood and that is sometimes your approach, what would you say you're using gear B for? And how would you do the change from C to B without braking becoming intermittent? Sacrificing rev matching or using heel & toe would seem to be the only options.
Doesn't the timing (ie block change after braking or sequential during) depend on what you're braking for? If it's a 'fixed' situation (ie me leaving the M4 at J13 in top gear slowing to stop at red traffic lights), then brake and block. But if it's a 'developing' situation, where there's a possibility the hazard will clear and acceleration will be safe, then the sequential approach works well. Doesn't it?
Yes.
Best wishes all,
Dave.