I'm one of the few left in the US who drives a manual transmission car. I've always preferred it over automatic. Regen is noted frequently in these forums as something drivers need to get used to when transitioning to the MS. As someone who drives a stick and constantly is downshifting when approaching stops to save my brake pads, is it basically the same thing? Obviously there is no downshift in a Tesla, but the act of pacing your vehicle so it slows down using the gears vs using your brakes to stop at each light?