"Right foot? Never heard that before - Why?"
Because that puts the body into a position where the shifter is "at hand" for optimal shifting. In general the lower body closer - upper body further back and lower (the "easy-rider" type position) works best in a Porsche.
If you are too upright (seat ratcheted too high) you're blocking your own foot from the optimal foot-application to a floor mounted gas predal, which would be best described as an ankle rotation to the right (using the tendons on the outer portion of the ankle). If you're too upright you're using the wrong part of your foot and leg (the forward and inner).
As I've commented before, I think body positioning and the resultant muscles that are applied is the primary reason people have trouble operating the Boxster's gas and clutch pedals and find them counterintuitive. Contrast this with say a late model Audi with a top-mounted gas pedal that is more conducive to what's intuitive.
Incidentally, if you apply the gas to your Box as described above, you'll accelerate alot quicker and noticeably improve your fuel economy.
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