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Left foot braking
Dec 31^st, 2020 at 12:14am

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xl7O01h7MU4

I’m no racer, but I’ve ben playing around with left foot braking just to try it. Combined with copious use of the overdrive button, and it’s almost like I’m not driving a minivan full of children!

... except I still drive like a risk-averse parent hauling precious cargo.

One of my bucket list fantasies is to drive a minivan in an actual rally race. I doubt I could be seriously competitive even if the van was well-tuned and properly equipped. I mostly think it would be funny, but hey, it’s my bucket list

I used to drive a stick shift, so when I first started I was slamming the brakes like it was a clutch pedal, but I am getting better at left-foot braking with finesse. Has anyone else ever tried using both feet while driving an automatic transmission?

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Re: Left foot braking
Reply #1 - Dec 31^st, 2020 at 12:33am

Only for about a minute when my dad was first teaching me how to drive. The situation was basically described in the video. I got to a point where I was pressing both pedals at the same time. He quickly stopped me and said just use one foot. Then if you're trying to stop the car, there's not another foot trying to keep it moving.

Now that I think about it, a long time ago I had a car that basically required it. It didn't idle right and the engine would stall if it wasn't moving. When at a stop light, I would hold the brake with the left foot and the gas (just a bit) with the right to keep it running. That was just for a week or two until it got repaired.

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Left foot braking Reply #2 - Dec 31^st, 2020 at 4:40am Like most I tried when I first started and was shut down pretty quickly. These days it makes more sense to me. If someone got into an accident or a near one I could see them panicking and hitting the gas instead. It would be fun though in a race.
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Oxnate Senior Member Webmaster Offline Crus de agnus Dei con quilon menthae. Posts: 331 Minnesota Gender:	Re: Left foot braking Reply #3 - Dec 31^st, 2020 at 10:35am I've driven a car with no cruise control on long trips. One of 6 hours, after that I kept all trips under 3 hours. My right foot started to cramp up from holding the same position for so long so I did learn to drive (and brake) with my left foot. Basically, 30 minutes with the right, 10 with the left, repeat.
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Re: Left foot braking
Reply #4 - Dec 31^st, 2020 at 12:08pm

@oxnate, I used to drive 7 hours each way between San Antonio and Lubbock every few weeks when I was in college. Sounds like your vehicle is just uncomfortable and left foot driving isn’t the real solution.

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Re: Left foot braking
Reply #5 - Dec 31^st, 2020 at 2:03pm

NooneOfConsequence wrote on Dec 31^st, 2020 at 12:08pm:

@oxnate, I used to drive 7 hours each way between San Antonio and Lubbock every few weeks when I was in college. Sounds like your vehicle is just uncomfortable and left foot driving isn’t the real solution.

Sorry, should have made that past tense. I did finally save up enough money to buy a new (to me) car with cruise control two years ago.

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a Senior Member Offline a Posts: 325 a Gender:	Re: Left foot braking Reply #6 - Jan 1^st, 2021 at 9:39pm NooneOfConsequence wrote on Dec 31^st, 2020 at 12:14am: Has anyone else ever tried using both feet while driving an automatic transmission? Yes, I have a very heavy left foot and sent the car into a slide a couple of times
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Re: Left foot braking
Reply #7 - Jan 1^st, 2021 at 10:16pm

If you look at some of the other instructional videos from Team Oneil, they talk about drifting around corners and how it looks cool but from a racing perspective it’s slower than just slamming on the brakes and cornering properly.

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Re: Left foot braking
Reply #8 - Jan 1^st, 2021 at 10:19pm

This is the first of a 3-part series of videos that’s also pretty good:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=twjZPaml7G0

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