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Originally Posted by mav1178
Disagree with what?
How you downshift is entirely dependent on your driving needs.
Regular downshift as you coast, you don't need brakes.
Downshift at the track? You need to brake first then downshift as you are braking so you maintain maximum velocity at all times.
-alex
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Exactly this. Day to day driving at normal surface road speeds shouldn't really require heel/toe action. The "toe" part of heel/toe comes into play specifically when you are maintaining speed as long as possible and then need to decrease, downshift, and power quickly for your corners. It's much easier to do under these circumstances vs tooling around town.
Also, on our car I've found it's more like right edge of foot/left edge of foot and it takes a pretty hefty amount of gas to get the revs up. My mom's Z3 is a much easier car to heel toe in for example, but it's because it's all analog.