bucky3 <bucky3@mail.com> wrote in
news:f7e3da98-9e77-4d52-a5b9-f2ff6f571d95@j9g2000prh.googlegroups.com:

> I'm trying to learn heel-and-toe downshifting on my 2001 Civic. After
> several attempts at rotating my foot 90 degrees in either direction to
> accomplish this task, I learned that the term is sort of a misnomer,
> and is more like inside of the foot and outside of the foot.
> http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/how...2/article.html
>
> Anyone have a good suggestion for foot position? I've tried doing
> pointing straight up (12 o'clock) and using inner vs outer edges of
> foot, but often, the pedals are too wide for my feet. Is there some
> other optimal position like pointing my toes 2 o'clock or 10 o'clock
> that works better?

If you want to see it done for real, watch the first 20 minutes or so of
"Grand Prix", the movie with James Garner. All the scenes happen in the
race at Monaco before the big crash.