BMW Says The Days Of Manuals And DCTs Are Numbered

[Cookie Monster]

I keep the brake applied while stopped... I was once rammed into by a Mexican at a stop light and almost succeeded in pushing me into the car in front of me

Yeah, which is why you keep the brakes on till traffic has stopped behind you.

[r0tor]

Yeah, which is why you keep the brakes on till traffic has stopped behind you.

We were all stopped for probably a good minute... He reached down to pick up his taco, foot pegged the gas WOT, and held it there for way too long

[FoMoJo]

Depends on when I got to the light and whether or not I know how long of a light it is.

I only ask because it saves wear and tear on the throw-out bearing by slipping the transmission into neutral when coming to a stop and letting the clutch pedal back out; but maybe they're a bit more robust these days.

It became such a reflex action with me that when I slammed into the front wheel of a Cadillac making an illegal turn in front of me, I found myself sitting in the car with the car idling in neutral declutched.  The only problem with that was that the radiator had been pushed back into the fan and it was making a loud grating noise.  I had the presence of mind to turn the ignition switch off.