Left foot braking

a lot do, lol, have u ever noticed one going uphill with the brakes on?


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kllrdesire wrote:

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FYI, none of the posts we make on a thread started in
http://www.automotiveforums.com ever propogate there. I don't know why
the admins there decided to allow posts from there to appear on r.a.d.

In the mean time, I've added the domain no-mx.nodomain.com to my killfile.

Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> Arif Khokar > said in rec.autos.driving:
>
> >FYI, none of the posts we make on a thread started in
> >http://www.automotiveforums.com ever propogate there. I don't know why
> >the admins there decided to allow posts from there to appear on r.a.d.

> It's quite simple really: they are "padding" their web-based message
> fora with messages from USENET.

Actually, it's the other way around. We can see their messages, but
they don't see ours. At one time, they did get a feed of this group in
their forum. IIRC, one of them made the remark along the lines of
"where did all these guest posters come from."

I left foot brake all the time. I got into the habit with stock cars
years ago, it helps on the track to get faster lap times. If I'm in a
strange car I won't do it until I feel comfortable with it. Its pretty
much a bad habit on the street though.

And I'm amazed at the amount of people who do not know how to drive a
stick car properly. For normal driving, I always use the engine to
scrub off speed when I stop. I keep it in high gear until I'm almost
stopped, then the clutch goes in. Down shifting to slow the car only
puts the load on the synchros and outside of sounding cool, it does not
help you stop any faster.

Bob


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bobss396 wrote:

> And I'm amazed at the amount of people who do not know how to drive a
> stick car properly. For normal driving, I always use the engine to
> scrub off speed when I stop.

You don't use the brakes?

> I keep it in high gear until I'm almost stopped, then the clutch goes in.
> Down shifting to slow the car only puts the load on the synchros and
> outside of sounding cool, it does not help you stop any faster.

Surely, engine braking in the lower gear has a greater deceleratory
effect. Plus, it doesn't load your synchros if you double-declutch.

Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Scott en Aztlán
said in rec.autos.driving:
> BTW, the subject line is intended to get the attention of the
> administrators of that web site. I figure they'll either fix the
> problem or drop the USENET feeds altogether.

Just thought I'd get in on the action...

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