Left foot braking

So, how many people out there practice left foot braking on the street?


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Does doing it in a 8ton truck count?

The pedals are lined up wrong in the honda, but I used to do it in my
Kit car.
It had a tendancy to transmission lock when changing down into 2nd
otherwise.


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Does power braking count? :evillol:


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"igor@af" > wrote in message
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> So, how many people out there practice left foot braking on the street?
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bad idea to drive that way - especially if you ever want to drive stick...

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:52:45 -0600, "Dan J.S." > wrote:

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>"igor@af" > wrote in message
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>> So, how many people out there practice left foot braking on the street?
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>bad idea to drive that way - especially if you ever want to drive stick...
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Aw, nonsense. I started out left foot braking in my racing go-kart when I was
a kid. I can left foot or right foot brake any time any where, with any
transmission, and it makes no difference at all. The car stops when I want it
to.

Dave Head

"Dave Head" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:52:45 -0600, "Dan J.S." > wrote:
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>>"igor@af" > wrote in message
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>>> So, how many people out there practice left foot braking on the street?
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>>bad idea to drive that way - especially if you ever want to drive stick...
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> Aw, nonsense. I started out left foot braking in my racing go-kart when I
> was
> a kid. I can left foot or right foot brake any time any where, with any
> transmission, and it makes no difference at all. The car stops when I
> want it
> to.
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> Dave Head
>

This is why they make fun of us in Europe - you know.

"Dave Head" > wrote in message
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> ..... I can left foot or right foot brake any time any where, with any
> transmission, and it makes no difference at all. The car stops when I
> want it
> to.

What a man!!!

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>So, how many people out there practice left foot braking on the street?
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Once upon a time, Audi got into trouble because folks claimed they were
prone to sudden acceleration when folks shifted into reverse.

An investigation suggested that folks were practicing left foot braking and
accidentally pushing both the right foot and left foot down when the car
started to move after shifting. IOW, the run-away was probably 100%
caused by a driver who floored the accelerator while left foot braking.

Pshaw said I.

Then I had an accident in my Caprice when I floored the accelerator while
left foot braking. The ding-bat who swerved in front of me (to teach me a
lesson) got the ticket but I suspect that I could have slowed in time if I
had been practicing right-foot braking.

Regards
Old Al

igor@af wrote:
> So, how many people out there practice left foot braking on the street?

Rarely, unless I'm stopped uphill in an automatic, bored, or have a
good reason to.

Dave

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:59:46 -0500, "oldal4865" >
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> Once upon a time, Audi got into trouble because folks claimed they were
>prone to sudden acceleration when folks shifted into reverse.
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>An investigation suggested that folks were practicing left foot braking and
>accidentally pushing both the right foot and left foot down when the car
>started to move after shifting. IOW, the run-away was probably 100%
>caused by a driver who floored the accelerator while left foot braking.

What did you expect from an investigation bought by, I mean paid for,
by Audi.

An investigation by Ford found the Pinto to be the safest vehicle on
the road.

Honda found that the CRX oil fires were caused by incompetent
mechanics.

GM found that every product they make sucks. :-)

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Dave