I'm going to completely throw this thread into a loop, and bring up the last point in the column:

OK, I'm not claiming I've got an airtight case. Tell you what: I won't hassle you about tapping the top of your Coke can to keep the fizz from exploding, and you don't hassle me about my idiosyncrasies with the clutch.

Uhm. I do that. The tapping thing. I don't know why. I started it, thinking it was actually doing something, then realized that doing that did absolutely NOTHING, but.. still do it.


(Oh, and as for that down-shifting thing.. I do it when I need to. Sometimes, I do BOTH at the same time to REALLY slow down. )

Me.