I was hoping someone would bring this up :happydance: awesome memories in the 370z forums

We don't forget a lot of things that happen... And some of us, me included, LIVE here

I don't think the ITR came in auto.

The thing about any technique is that you put it into practice.
As I've said earlier, there's a whole lot of hypothetical situation conversation going on in this thread.
I'm comfortable with the techniques I use because I put them into practice whether on the race track or on the street. You can't just switch modes because you're in one environment or the other.
An analogy would be someone who doesn't practice proper handling of their firearm because it doesn't matter until they're in a crisis situation... but when that crisis situation arises, they can't "shift gears" and use skills that they haven't put into practice.
Or another example would be the person who says that spelling and grammar don't matter because this is just the internet, not a job resume and then finding themselves unable to put together an impressive resume because when it matters, they can't do it.

At the end of the day, do what YOU are comfortable with, what YOU put into practice on a daily basis. But stop telling people they are wrong because they do something that you're not comfortable with or skilled at.

I can dribble and shoot a basketball quite competently considering I am right handed and generally not ambidextrous. However, I got that way with lots of practice. I have not practiced left foot braking much at all, and in my experience I am awful at it. I'm sure there are people that are just naturally ambidextrous at most activities, but I'm not talking about them. Generally speaking, being good at one ambidextrous thing does not make one good at multiple ambidextrous things.

Take it back! :mad:

True, my point was just to show that you can drive really well and use two feet although it seems a lot of the time a good amount of people don't.

I am in complete agreement with LunaZ. All I was saying is that if you have the gift of dexterity, your learning curve maybe less. That said I didn't learn to dribble a basketball or hit left handed over night. I practices my a$$ off and I hit over .300 while I was at Cal Poly Pomona. This is no different than what the auto cross driver posted earlier. He became proficient and the result are he wins events.

I'm not arguing for or against left foot braking. I'm just saying it can be done proficiently by some and for most everyone else, heed the warning statement on commercials "do not try this at home...professional driver on board." :driving:

Same... :iagree: w/ LunaZ :tup: I guess my only point was your assumption that your switch pitcher friends could left foot brake competently simply because he could pitch ambidextrously. I don't think those two are related, though I will admit, as you mentioned, good dexterity can certainly shorten the learning curve. :tiphat:

No problem...the downfall of communicating in this manner is that many statements are taken literally or out of context. If I was a betting man, I would say most everyone here struggled with right foot breaking when they first learned to drive!!! :eekdance:

:confused: You didn't highlight the generally speaking part... I think there are probably more people who do not easily learn things with their off-hand or foot than people who do. I was speaking about that (what I assume to be) majority of people who require practice to be ambidextrous at certain activities. Unless you are naturally and completely ambidextrous or you have the gift of dexterity to learn left and right activities with equal ease, then being good at one activity with your non-primary hand or foot is not going to inherently lead to you being good at other activities with that same appendage. For example, I can feather a clutch quite well, but that set of muscles I have developed precise control of over the years is different than the set of muscles I would use to left foot brake. And being that I have never practiced left foot braking, it should make sense that my attempts at left foot driving are woeful at best right now - I don't easily learn activities with my off-hand or foot, so I have to exercise those muscles specifically to have precise control of them. And of course, everyone is different. I just wanted to clarify my comment :tiphat:

:iagree: In my case the learning curve with my right foot was substantially shorter than it has been with my left foot. I've tried it out recently a few times just to try it, but I don't see myself ever using it in daily or track driving.

I've never driven an auto one-footed - I learned to drive an auto two-footed. I don't think it was any more difficult to master than other methods, but, not having used other methods, I can't be sure.

About the only time my right foot touches the brake is during hard/panic stops; just there in case of booster failure or other malfunction. The left foot beats it there every time.

I'm the same way ... have driven auto's with two feet for 35 years ... built in trail braking when I need it ... just how I learned and how I have always done it.

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