New instinctive move gained

"Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French" (Tentacle) 01/06/2014 at 03:39 • Filed to: None

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Should I be cool about it? Proud? Apprehensive? I'm not sure.

What I do know is that, this morning, I found myself left foot braking without giving it any conscious thought at all. Smoothly, without trying to head-butt the windshield. Only as I come off the brake I realise that I used my left foot. I guess LFB has been added to my muscle memory.

Re-enactment (car stationary) below:

Ian Duer (320b) > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 01/06/2014 at 03:44

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I'd be proud. I was when I found myself double-clutch downshifting without thinking. Any more advanced technique you add to your repertoire is a good thing.

TheOnelectronic > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 01/06/2014 at 03:50

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I'd be more impressed by managing that camera angle.

Sadly, I cannot left-foot-brake in my car, as some old people back in the 20th century couldn't figure out this whole car thing, so Audi has a throttle/brake interlock. :|

Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French > Ian Duer (320b) 01/06/2014 at 03:51

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The thing is, I can do a lot of advanced not-usefull-on-public-roads stuff. But that's "on demand", consciously deciding to do so. This was different.

Trail braking? Yep. Heel-and-toe (well, side-flip) braking and downshifting? Yep. If I wear the right shoes. With what's pictured, I don't have enough shoe width. Clutchless upshift? I try to restrain myself, no need to bomb my gearbox. Same for hot-shifting/flat-shifting. Double-clutched downshift? That too. Though with a synchronised gearbox, that's quite useless.

Oh, yes, and I blip / rev-match every downshift. That I do instinctively too. But to me that's not a racing skill per sé, that's just smooth driving.

puddler > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 01/06/2014 at 03:54

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no. and don't drive while dragging the brake. unless you're a woman, can't really tell from the shoes...in which case, stop doing that.

Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French > puddler 01/06/2014 at 03:57

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What, me a woman, with EUR size 45 (US 12) shoes? ;)

The foot rest left of the clutch is where my left foot rests while not pressing either clutch or brake.

Ian Duer (320b) > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 01/06/2014 at 04:02

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The double clutching thing was a habit developed from a car with syncros that didn't do their job properly. I still swear it helps the shift lever go perfectly smoothly into gear rather than the slight resistance from the synchros doing their thing.

In any case, congrats on getting the LFB down that well. It was never something I took the time to master.

Luken10 > Ian Duer (320b) 01/06/2014 at 05:29

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I find the same thing with double clutching. Haven't ever really been able to tell if it is a placebo effect though.

RacecaR > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 01/06/2014 at 07:25

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I will drive my automatic camry like that from time to time, just to keep my brain active.

brakesnow > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 01/06/2014 at 13:16

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I see you used the new GoPro "pole mount" for this angle.

Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French > brakesnow 01/06/2014 at 13:24

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I gotta re-check. This is Jalopnik, right? Not Fleshbot. Right?