Re: [NTLK] OT - Off Topic - Brakes

From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_comcast.net)
Date: Tue Apr 23 2002 - 16:08:12 EDT


on 4/23/02 3:57 PM, Sean Sackett at cyberleader_at_earthlink.net wrote:

>
>> I always brake with my left foot just before I downshift...
>
> That's one way to do it. I usually just heel-toe. (blip the throttle with my
> heel while braking with the toe/ball of my right foot)
>

Wow! You learn something new about list members all the time... We
actually have a contortionist among us!!! ;-)

(Maybe I need to go to one of those driving schools, but I still don't get
why one would ever want to be applying throttle WHILE braking... Seems like
all that would achieve is to chew through your brakes prematurely.)

- Eric.

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Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)

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