Well you would "blip" the throtle to downshift. But when you shift up a gear all you really need to do it clutch in, neutral, clutch out, clutch in, shift into the next gear, clutch out. I make it a point to double clutch when I am downshifting, it saves on syncro wear. I usually only engine break on the highway or downshift when I really need to pass someone. To downshift you need to blip the throttle before clutching back in and shifting gears. It's clutch in, neutral, clutch out, blip to the right rpm, clutch in, downshift, clutch out.
I've only been driving stick since October, but the clutch was new when I got my 95 SE back in October. That does help when learning how to drive stick, it was damn hard to kill the engine. In fact I didn't know how to drive stick when I went to get the car, I learned on the drive back from Ohio to Illinois
