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The First Modern Car Without Hydraulic Brakes Is Headed to Production
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this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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Downshifting used to be a thing people would do to slow down a car significantly.
Takes quite a bit of practice to use it in emergency though, but for normal slowing down it's pretty handy, and manual transmission tend to slow down car a lot when releasing the gas pedal.
Not in a panic stop.
I engine break fairly often as my car has paddle shifters. Reduces the time between break jobs
I'm torn cause i drive a stick and its much more difficult for me to swap out a worn out clutch than doing a brake job. I usually leave a lot of distance and just coast in neutral when approaching stops.
Most of your gain is at higher speeds, to just leave it in gear with foot off the pedal until the engine is at idle speeds makes a big difference and doesn't wear the clutch.
Aren’t you trading brake wear for transmission/engine wear?