Something people haven't mentioned is you can also take advantage of cruise control to make your automatic downshift. Turn it on and then use the buttons to decrease the set speed and the car will downshift to help slow down. But this isn't something you'd do to normally come to a stop, more just on long descents to use some engine breaking.
Calcori t1_ja8glec wrote
Reply to comment by racecarthedestroyer in ELI5: What is the fastest way to stop a car with a manual gearbox ? by navenarf
Something people haven't mentioned is you can also take advantage of cruise control to make your automatic downshift. Turn it on and then use the buttons to decrease the set speed and the car will downshift to help slow down. But this isn't something you'd do to normally come to a stop, more just on long descents to use some engine breaking.