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From: stekas@hou2g.UUCP (J.STEKAS)
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Subject: Re: How do I 'heel-and-toe' ? - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 26-Apr-84 10:41:21 EST
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  >Without going into any detail, the actions Jim has described
  >as "heel-toeing" are almost completely wrong.

  >Roger Webster

Yes, I admit some of what I said gave some wrong impressions about
heel-toeing.  Those things happen when you start to think briefly about
what has become a reflex action and start typing away.  To clarify -

Heel-toeing is a technique for downshifting SMOOTHLY while breaking hard.
It should be used for setting up the car BEFORE a turn, NOT at the cornering
limit.  Jolts of braking or acceleration are NOT the goal of heel-toeing,
they are they result of improper technique.

After reading about all the recent liability decisions, I better add that
only professional drivers trained at expensive European driving schools
should even consider using this technique - and then only with written
permission from their mother and Bob Bondurant.

                                           Well EXCUUUSE me!
                                                  Jim