Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Stunning New Porsche 918 Spyder - Another Hybrid

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Mike <themightytoe [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Ok. You all have convinced me...  The vette is getting the loudest
street legal exhaust I can find for it...  Gonna make some babies and
Prius owners cry...

:-)
 

And anyone who has ever done a perfect heel-toe downshift at race
speeds would never trade that experience for paddles...  Never.

Very inspirational, thanks Mike!!

I hope to be able to execute a perfect heel/toe downshift at race speeds someday.....that's always been the thing I've wanted to learn how to do most ever since I learned how to drive stickshift.

Curious if we may side track on a "worthy" topic?

My biggest question is does it matter much really to a good heel/toer about pedal placement, width of pedals, and perhaps even pedals mounted from the floor as opposed from above??

Also I believe I was told heel/toe was far more natural at full sustained braking than casual driving given how much closer the brake pedal is to the floor than usual.

I remember heel & toeing WITH EASE (at age 20) a car that had the brake pedal go to the floor....shitty braking but oh such joy blipping that throttle. :)

FG