Quote Originally Posted by Dylanamus
I don't like to waste time breaking, so I would approach the corner at the speed limit and double clutch down to second, (tapping the accelerator in neautral until the revs roughly match what they will be at when downshifting to second), and just power through. This is probably the best treatment for your clutch (and breaks ^^), it's also good practice for racing if you ever do any track work. Less slowing down time means less slow overall! From the way my car responds, I would say Hondas are made for gear breaking!

Also Hondas generally already have very close ratio gearing, so downshifting to first while on the move is mostly unnecessary, (unless you really want to loose traction). If, when in second, you slow down to the point where you feel you can't go again without the car jumping around like a madman, then (you're a grandma :P) it's better to ease it out a bit with the clutch, rather than downshift (unless you end up stopping).

Speaking of grannies, I got stuck behind one last night. She was in some kind of Ford tank and sitting right in the middle of both lanefs ><
Mate when you're racing you kinda need the brakes, engine braking just won't suffice. Take a leaf out of a racing drivers book and simply use heel-toe tecnique, it's not hard.