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I see guys doing this on bikes, too. Worried about breaking the clutch cable or something, I guess. I'm more worried about getting run over by someone coming up behind who is asleep at the wheel, so I keep it in gear with one eye on the rear view mirror. This habit has saved me more than once over 30-some years of riding. I won't put a manual car into neutral, either, until there are a few cars worth of "buffer" behind me, and it looks like it might be awhile waiting for the light.
Automatics? Why bother? There is no wear that results from any slight "strain" on the brakes. Most wear in an automatic occurs when it's shifting, so why add two more shifts?
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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