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> On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, Brendan Rudack wrote: > > > > > I have always used the ball of my foot on the throttle and the heel > > > > on the brake, from my RX7 days. > > > Isnt that backwards??? Ol' Skip Barber taught me to have the heel on the > > > throttle... > > >It sounds backwards to me also. The brakes are much easier to > > > modulate with the ball of your foot than your heel. is why I brake with my heel, and blip with my toe. Braking is mostly > non-motion, constant pressure, whereas blipping is a quick motion which > must be done while braking, without disturbing the braking pressure. I guess it depends on the car, too. In my "other" car - a 83 280ZXT - even my size 8.5 shoe fits neatly across the gap between brake & throttle in a vertical position. All I have to do is rock the foot left/right to modulate pressure...best pedal setup I've ever driven. OTOH, I have driven a couple of GM manuals which had the brake pedal about 3" higher than the throttle. CLEARLY, the folks at GM haven't any clue what the phrase "heel & toe" means, nor are they interested in learning. Another reason that I've driven Z-cars since 1974 (with a deviation from 1977-83) and we've had an Audi for a family car since 1987. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Al Powell Voice: 409/845-2807 Ag Communications Fax: 409/862-1202 107 Reed McDonald Bldg. Email: a-powell1@tamu.edu College Station, TX 77843-2112 W3 page - http://agcomwww.tamu.edu/agcom/rpe/alpage.htm ***The PACK is back!*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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