[trevor]

So I have been driving a manual transmission for a few months and gotten pretty good at it. Driving smoothly and never stall, I even worked on the following driving habits after reading a lot of forums on optimal driving. My 2001 525i is manual and I seem to be getting 15 mpg from it when I expected about 20 mpg from city. Not much highway so I think that may be why, in city, I use the clutch a lot. Please let me know what you think of my driving habits based on my research.


1. Only use clutch pressed in when stopping for at most 5 seconds, if longer, I shift into neutral and let clutch go.
2. I do not downshift unless I would be jumping more than 2 gears (like after a turn, etc.) and accelerate normally.
3. No more burning clutch smell (actually not even once since I bought the car last week) so I am getting off the clutch properly from what I can tell.
4. If I am coming to a stop, I wait till I am around 5-10 mpg before shifting into neutral because I heard riding the clutch to control speed is bad.

Thanks in advance!