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Old 05-27-2001, 10:34 AM
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Default Instead of heel-toe downshift, has anyone ever tried toe-heel?(more)

I have practiced heel-toe downshift for a long time, without and padel modification. Well, it is very hard for me to reach the throttle when i pressing the brake.
Today, I tried to reverse my right foot, because I am fat, and my upper legs are huge, so .... i can't ture my right leg counterclockwise that much to reach the throttle, but I can do it reversed way. So ... Instead of heel toe, I did it as a toe-heel, and...
It works, Finally, I made the first tow-heel in my life today
soooooooooooooo happy.
Old 05-27-2001, 11:30 AM
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Default I just roll my foot... you need wide(ish) feet to do this tho, I guess..

Just don't slip off the brake when trying to do this ;-)

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I do a cross between what the two of you do. :-) I'm still going to get some Sparco pedals.
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Default I have always done your toe-heel (30+ years) variant until my last 2 Audis - I roll my foot..

with both my old A4 and now with my S4. The audi spacing just works better for me this way. I do have a rather wide foot (9 1/2 EEEE), so this helps a lot.

The point is how well you coordinate the gas/brake - it doesn't matter what it looks like :-)
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Default I tried the Matrix pedals, but they weighed too much...

I only used the one for the gas, but the heavier weight made the pedal feel very sluggish to me. I took it off and am much happier with the response.
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Default rollin rollin rollin

me too
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What exactly is the heel-toe method??
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Default Here is the answer:

<a href="http://www.turnfast.com/tech_driving/driving_heeltoe.lasso">Click me</a>
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