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Re: Left foot

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Subject: Re: Left foot
From: Cheryl & Leland Burns <cmburns@gte.net>
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 22:37:29 -0500


 John

>  a couple of events ago she said it was really easy to left
> > foot brake and it helped keep the car settled transitioning from brakes
> > to gas in a turn.
> 
> Don't trust Jenny, I known her to lie!
> 
> > So, my questions are:
> >
> > 1) How many of you that have a choice left foot brake (AM, CM, FM - I
> > guess you HAVE to) ?
> > 2) What kind of cars do you drive?
> > 3) For those of you who left foot brake, is it common to use a little 
>braking
> > with the left foot to control speed in the middle and end of a turn?
> > 4) For those of you who left foot brake, is it common to use both brake and
> > throttle modulation in a slalom?
> >
> But really, when I owned the Porsche I decided I was going to start
> LFBing and I had McKamey coming up in three months and I'd get them to
> help me learn. Well you know the Porsche story (speaking of Jenny) and I
> bought the MR2 just in time for the school, in fact the school was my
> first "event". First drive with an instructor and he starts asking me
> about my braking habits. He was a LFBer but he convinced me it would
> take years to relearn and I should stick with the right foot. I tried
> the LFB technique a few more times that day but I was always quicker
> when I used my right foot. Since then I've stuck with RFBing and I feel
> like I'm really starting to learn. There is a lot to learn in this
> sport, are you sure you want to add LFB to everything else?
> 
> Leland B.
> '91 MR2
> '74&1/2 MGB-GT
> '79 MGB (yeah I know, I'm sick)
> Former owner of Brad and Jenny's Famous Porsche 924.
> 
> > Thanks,
> > John "No, not that one" Engstrom
> >

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