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Guard Dad

Almost all of the cars that I've owned have had a top pivot gas pedal. I found the bottom pivot pedal of the Z a bit of a problem at first. With a bottom pivot pedal you may need to reposition your foot a bit (compared to a top pivot pedal) to allow smoother operation of the pedal. Try putting the bottom of your heel on the floor at the pedal pivot point and position the ball of your foot on the center line of the pedal (the ball of your foot should now be centered somewhere on the upper half of the pedal) and operate the pedal with with a rocking motion pivoting on your heel. Only after I made this minor change did I realize that I had been operating the pedal by sort of laying my foot on the floor and placing my toe at the very bottom of the pedal (this allowed me to easily swing my foot between the brake and the gas without lifting my foot from the floor which is kind of nice in heavy traffic), which works fine on a top pivot pedal but sucks for a bottom pivot pedal and makes it difficult to smoothly modulate the pedal.

Just a thought.

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2010 Brilliant Silver, Base w/Sport Package, AT7, Katzkin leather, upgraded audio and lots of Dynamat and a bunch of small stuff.

RCK

Guard Dad has it absolutely right. The unusual bottom pivot on the accelerator does pose problems unless you reposition your foot just like he says, so the ball of the foot is at or near the top. That way, take off is much, much smoother, no jumpy delays.

I have an '07 Infiniti G that poses exactly the same problem. Bought my son a 370Z; lucky for him he learned to drive, a stick no less, on my G.

MrZ

Thanks Gaurd Dad tried out your method this morning on a short trip to the grocery store. And to make sure it actually worked i used a thicker sole shoe and it worked like a charm. I tip my hat to you sir

Guard Dad

Glad it helped, as I said it worked for me and it became second nature in a very short time.

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2010 Brilliant Silver, Base w/Sport Package, AT7, Katzkin leather, upgraded audio and lots of Dynamat and a bunch of small stuff.