also bonus of timing lights, you dont have to use your brakes as much/if at all!!
Its awesome to hear someone (and i wont mention names
) say "you only used your brakes like 3 times!"
also, in regards to the in video message box, in manual cars, you can actually control if your car is using any gas at all to roll up to a stop light. simply let off the gas, and you can feel the ecu cut signal to the injectors (it helps to have instrumentation to also show this), and you can feel when the injectors start getting a signal again, at which point, you downshift, and slowly let off the clutch....and the process repeats. I do this all the way from fifth gear (which is what i'm in at any speed above 30-33mph), down to second (rolling right up to the stop light).
Using this method above allows you to get much closer while using no fuel at all, allowing for a few extra seconds of red light..
In a automatic car, its not AS easy, but still possible...i like to call it 'super smart braking' (unless thats already claimed by someone, then i'll change it
)...more or less, its similar, except you use the brake/gas (very delicatly) to almost 'force' the car to downshift, then letting off the gas cuts the signal to the injectors again..i could usually only do this down to '3rd gear' in an automatic, but still...using it can be very effective!