of "suddenly accelerating" with a manual tranmission without changing gears? I'd say that any such emergency evasive action is going to require a change of gear from either ordinary green or idle-coast driving
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I coast in nuetral. It's just annother gear (although I prefer blipping the throttle when coming out of idle more than in other gears). My is listed as a mid-size (Plymouth Breeze): I'll leave EOC to the Geo Metro's (I'd probably also have a quick hit-this-button restart switch).