Heel Toe Around Town?
 

Bit of a disagreement regarding whether or not Heel/Toe is useful for around town driving, curious to see where everybody stands on it.

Personally, completely unnecessary around town, I don't even hit the brakes hard enough to get my heel down to the gas peddle for a controlled blip and even if I do, it's never long enough to get in a smooth shift (which is the entire point, smoothness). If you're slowing down hard enough to require a downshift while you're still on the brakes, you're probably driving in a manner which can be deemed as reckless. This discussion should be entirely about daily driving, getting groceries etc., midnight racers and stoplight jockeys will be laughed at and track junkies should understand the difference.

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Stay safe.

I live through corners, so I use it from time to time whenever I borrow the M3... but I'm currently driving an auto as a daily, so meh...

practice makes perfect.

I heel/toe everyday...but I when I'm "driving in Mexico" I am exceeding the speed limit.

I do it out of habit but its pretty easy to match the revs in this car no matter the speed

While I purchased the auto FRS, I have only owned and raced manual-transmission cars for the last 24 years. During that time I seldom, if ever felt it necessary to shift like Ken Block whilst driving like Miss Daisy around town.

Ultimately, if someone wants to heel-toe every downshift while going to and from school or work, I could care less. Its their car and "supposedly" they are adults and should be able to operate their cars how they see fit within the confines of the law.

Just because I think its "silly" and pointless should be irrelevant.

Scott

Really no reason to in everyday driving. I would sometimes just to practice or mess around but I don't see a need to.

Yes. There's no downside and it ensures you're in the proper gear at all times. I don't see a reason why you wouldn't heel-toe around town if you're able to.

I never heel/toed before this car. It took few weeks of practice before I got the gist of it. The day I wore sandals and had to drive barefoot is when everything clicked. But yea, I like it. Works great for daily driving.

I hit the brakes on a wide open freeway just so I can heel toe.

I do if I want to show off... Lol

I do it ALL the time in my ZR-1, because I rarely drive it & it just sounds SO GOOD blipping it down with its barely-legal exhaust. People always gawk @ lights as I come to a stop...

im not sure if you would even need to heel-toe when you are in race mode. there isnt enough power to really warrant it. that being said, its not like it takes anything away (that im aware of). the only thing i can think of as far as a con goes is the fact that you are going to need a different rhythm if you are shifting from redlilne as opposed to shifting around 4000 in routine driving and that might make it difficult to be able to manage both smoothly.

Around town? Not really...

I do it out of habit. I don't really try, it just feels natural. I think it depends on the situation, too. I know I don't heel/toe in every instance, but I couldn't tell you what makes me do one or the other.

"I don't always use heel/toe, but when I do it's because racecar."

I should add that I'm huge. Each foot could cover all three pedals, so it's not really out of my way to do it. :D