Heel N Toe

[mtch]

Originally Posted by Boxter

That video was well shot...but he is primarily illustrating how he is physically able to do it along with some of the reason why you need to learn it for control's sake. He was using almost all ankle and foot control (lots of experience) to make it happen...and I would imagine that would not be very easy to figure out without a ton of practice and instruction.

I am sure there are several teaching tricks to use to develope one's skill but here is how it was explained to me by a racing instructor.

Feels awkward at first but it helped me to learn in it in one day...now let me qualify that by adding that I spun the car a bunch of times by not performing this move correctly over and over again before it began to feel somewhat comfortable.

First, as you approach a turn and you are about to set your break, bring your knees closer together than the fellow in the video...almost to an unnatural feeling where they are almost touching.

Then while applying the break with the ball of your foot on the right edge of the pedal keeping your heel in place on the floor, move/roll your knee outwards and the outside edge of your foot will naturally be forced to blip the go pedal.

Not sure how this comes through with text on the screen but this worked for me in person.

The method described above is how i was taught several years ago, but the car was a honda s2000. Weak engine not withstanding, that car is designed for a more enthusiastic driver expereince that the Boxster was. I h-t sometimes, but I imagine it helps to have bigger feet when driving the Boxster

[Cloudsurfer]

I do H&T the Boxster during spirited driving or on the track, however I will agree that the pedal placement isnt ideal for this (I think partly the bottom hinged gas with the top hinged brake)....at the end fo the day though, its just practice.

Now, H&T double clutch downshifts I still need to work on....

Patrick

[eslai]

Been doing it for years and have the 987S down pat. Takes a while to get used to things.

The 987's pedals are perfect for heel-toe. I'm very happy with the stock pedal arrangement. You blip with the side of your foot rather than the heel on most cars these days so the bottom-hinge thing doesn't bother me.

[Perfectlap]

don't know if its the clunky shifter in this car but I find myself rarely down shifting, most of my driving lately is highway. I think I shifted 900% more in general with my Miata, about half of that being downshifts.

[C5150]

I can do it w/out a problem, but not in the traditional way. Due to the pedal arangement, I have to roll my foot versus turning my foot and using my heel.

[funster]

I do it all the time, it's a right/left side of the foot thing for me. The pedal arrangement seems ideal for this technique. When the brake pedal is depressed, the accelerator is right there.

[djomlas]

funny fact, in serbia when getting your licence, (which cost an arm and a leg and takes few months) they teach you this.
so both my mom and dad do it all the time, its part of their driving routine, just the other day my mom wanted to drive my car (she never drove a porsche before) so i said sure go for it, so i was sitting in the other seat, and i saw her do it, she makes it soooo easy, but then again shes been driving a manual car for over 30 yrs now.
so the 1st time i ever got in the car my dad explained all that to me, and after a few tries i had it down. btw, i was like 9 or so, but obviously didnt get much driving time at that age lol, so when i got my licecne i started doing it, i still do it to this day on daily bases :dance: