[OT] Engine braking

[Ali Çehreli]

On 08/01/2013 12:39 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 > you destroyed the myth that engine braking is any bad, but I bet money
 > nobody changed opinions.

You owe Adam a dollar! :)

I have been engine braking since the day I started driving. Then I 
started following the AudiWorld forums, where I learned that "brakes 
were for stopping and the engine was for going." There were a lot of 
anecdotes told.

Anyway, I am consciously readjusting to engine braking again after 
reading this thread.

Ali

[OT OT] While I have the microphone, let me rant about automatic 
transmissions: They are undrivable for me because they are not 
responsive and because they never know that the imminent road condition 
requires shifting down, now. Every time I have to drive an automatic I 
have to try to soothe myself. :)