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Originally Posted by Smoke Destructer
Hell, heel-toe is also great for that sort of thing. Those techniques are used so that you can always be traveling in an appropriate gear.
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This is a good example of what the OP is talking about.
Trying to explain heel-toe techniques
to beginners is just a distraction.
I drive my BRZ on the street and I NEVER heel-toe. WHY?
Because I CANT and dont need to.
My foot does not span across the two pedals correctly in this car.
I have tried it, and it is dangerous because the chance that my foot slips off of the brake is just too great
AND the only time it is even remotely necessary is HARD braking into a corner which we should not be doing on the street on a regular basis.
In my racecar, I heel-toe all of the time because the pedals are arranged to make it very easy (porsche 914) AND I learned to heel-toe in that car because it would not hold idle without heel-toe.
The OP is not telling you to not do it, he is just emphasizing that it is overkill for 90% of us.