Next to shutting it off with the controls it was made with, is to stall it with the transmission as you said she was presently doing. How hard is that? Put it in 3rd or 4th gear and let out the clutch and it stops period. Is it hard on the clutch? Yes, it causes wear, but not so that you would ever notice it.

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