On Saturday, February 2, 2002, at 01:39 , Dave Hardy wrote:
> I have wanted to try out the whole left foot braking concept, but my
> large
> size, coupled with the small footwell in my civic has not been
> condusive to
> this.
I assume you've already gone to appropriate driving shoes or the
equivalent? Makes a big difference. I had to do this in C4 Corvettes
originally, before then I didn't see what the fuss was. Try surf socks
if you like before investing in $$$ shoes.
> I am going to be spacing my steering wheel out, which should allow me
> to move the seat back and get my knees out of the dash, and that will
> help.
In my C5 I usually ended up with my knees pivoted from the dash panel,
something like the old VW passive-restraint bar!
> had a thought on relocating my seat though. Would there be any
> advantage to
> mounting the seat at a slight angle, where I am aiming toward the
> center of
> the car slightly. It seems to me that this would do a better job at
> aiming
> each foot at it's appropriate pedal, like a go kart. It would make
> clutching
> a bit more difficult, but that is rare compared to braking. For
> reference, my
> setup is:
I don't know that it will buy you much. Some cars come that way, the
Viper comes to mind immediately, but they do it because of wheelwell
intrusion. I find it more distracting than helpful, because you aren't
facing straight along the car's axis anymore.
KeS<evolution-discussions@yahoogroups.com>, <autox@autox.team.net>
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