> In most real cars, "toe and heel" is an inaccurate description of
> rolling your foot to blip the gas while braking (duh). In all late model
> production cars I've driven, pedal placement is such that it's much more
> efficient to brake using the ball of the foot, and blip the gas with the
> side of the foot. For me driving my wife's "sporty" little car, the
> contact point is near the outside edge of the ball of the foot, just
> below the junction of the 5th metacarpal (little toe) with the rest of
> the foot -- literally "ball and toe" would be more accurate. On another
> car in recent memory, the brake pedal was very high relative to the gas,
> and the action might more accurately be described as "ball and ankle." I
> have never driven a car where "toe and heel" was an accurate description
> of the action, but the phrase causes no confusion on my part.
> [My eight year old boy's foot is wide enough to cover both
> pedals/rollers on the T1. Certainly your's is too?]
Actually, I think I misrepresented my idea. I was trying to see if
you had somewhat modified the base to be more realistic... I apologize
as I should have been a bit more straightforward.
It would seem to be a good idea if there were enough room on the
base to do so. It seems rather unrealistic that an actual race driver
brakes with the left foot and accelerates with the right as one is more
than likely going to do with a T1 or T2. There is a bit of imbalance and
the brakes would more than likely suffer over time on a real car.
As far as the foot, yeah, I s'pose mine is wide enough to fit over
both pedals but I can easily get a case of "fat feet" and take out the
field at Pocono if I'm not careful 8 )
Nick
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