Ze Heel Und ze Toe

["Al Powell" <APOWELL@agcom.tamu.edu>]

> 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.

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