### Comment:
So I'm kind of a noob with manuals, I can drive them, but not super experienced. Why didnt you just push the clutch in and brake hard then shift to the correct gear you needed to be in after? Instead of downshifting. Say clutch brake down to 45 shift into 3rd or 4th or whatever you needed then carry on. Or neutral and brake hard

### REPLY:
Downshifting allows you to engine brake which “slows you down even faster” when applying regular brake as well. Also the clutch and brake reservoir share the same fluid so brake performance isn’t as good when you have both the clutch and brake in at the same time. If I had two separate reservoirs for brake and clutch it wouldn’t matter and I could just push both the brake and clutch down at the same time and stop at the same time

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