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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 12:23 PM
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I know nothing about autoX :snoopy: but I downshift from 2nd to 1st all the time with heel & toe + double clutching & rev. matching in my 4-cyl. Accord. I do it at every stop sign for practice and it has greatly improved my technique. Similarly, when I get to a red light, I use heel & toe, double clutching & rev. matching for the 4-3 and 3-2 downshifts. In the videos I've seen, professional drivers rarely skip gears while downshifting, probably in order not to break the rythm. They complete multiple heel-toes in a little over a second and I try to emulate that. Naively, I thought those skills would be an asset when I start autoXing.

I've done a lot of left-foot braking on the xbox :thumbup: but not yet on a 3-pedal car. :chuckles:
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