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I used to use car gearboxes like motorcycle gearboxes. Changing down rev-matching and dancing about on the pedals like Nureyev. Then I did the "System" at the police driving school. I was told that brakes cost less than gearboxes/clutches and I should slow down with brakes not gears. It does make sense though. I can still recite great swathes of Roadcraft off by heart (party bore).
Constable_Savage
@Dammit
Yes, you have to be precise, which means it's a great feeling when your blip is spot on, but you feel like you are wearing a virtual cone-of-shame when you get it wrong and the syncro has to catch your fumble.
I used to heel-and-toe in the hire cars (as I really, fundamentally didn't give a shit about them) but in the Volvo I dip the clutch, blip, into the next gear at a fairly sedate pace. Heavy flywheels don't help in some ways.