Driving technique DB9
Discussion
AMDBSVNick said:
OK, sorry.
Pull the left one for down and the right one for up.
HTH
After Nick's generous contribution to my query.....Pull the left one for down and the right one for up.
HTH
what I really wanted confirmed is that..... if before changing gear does one lift slightly off the accelerator,both up and down.
I suspect so,but just wanted others experiences.
I went on an AM Driving course and the instructor said to curl your toes when changing. This has the effect of slightly lifting off the accelerator, thus enabling a smother change.
It works, you certainly don't see your passengers head nod forward as you shift.
Is that sensible enough?
It works, you certainly don't see your passengers head nod forward as you shift.
Is that sensible enough?
james-witton said:
I went on an AM Driving course and the instructor said to curl your toes when changing. This has the effect of slightly lifting off the accelerator, thus enabling a smother change.
It works, you certainly don't see your passengers head nod forward as you shift.
Is that sensible enough?
Thank you James.It works, you certainly don't see your passengers head nod forward as you shift.
Is that sensible enough?
Very sensible....up to a point.....as long as my presumption that the word smother was meant to be smoother is correct.
avinalarf said:
I give up......
Why is it whenever I post a topic both sensible and car related some berk always has to berate me ?
Why is it whenever I post a topic both sensible and car related some berk always has to berate me ?
It is your username, Steven.
You are the Ken Dodd (Sir Ken Dodd) of our forum, so we are always expecting a joke from you, to cheer us up.
When you ask a sensible question, we need to take care, just in case we might have missed the humour.
Anyway, sorry I cannot help you this time.
My Aston Martin is a proper old fashioned sports car, with a manual gearbox.
However, my daily driver has a torque shift automatic, and it almost makes me fall asleep.
My left arm and left leg have nothing to do.
yvr said:
Steven, it's an automatic, not a SportShift. The torque converter helps manage things for you so you don't need to curl your toes or lift off at changes.
So why did the AM driver tell me to curl my toes/slightly lift off acceleration?Not being technically minded this is a serious question.
Yes smoother not smother :-)
james-witton said:
yvr said:
Steven, it's an automatic, not a SportShift. The torque converter helps manage things for you so you don't need to curl your toes or lift off at changes.
So why did the AM driver tell me to curl my toes/slightly lift off acceleration?Not being technically minded this is a serious question.
Yes smoother not smother :-)
james-witton said:
So why did the AM driver tell me to curl my toes/slightly lift off acceleration?
Not being technically minded this is a serious question.
Yes smoother not smother :-)
I tried your toe curling technique last night whilst sitting in my study.Not being technically minded this is a serious question.
Yes smoother not smother :-)
Did your AM driver explain the reason for this practice....i.e. did he specifically say that it was to give a slight lifting of the foot off the accelerator ?
Maybe you misunderstood his comments and he was telling you that your driving was making his toes curl ?
ilikeAstons said:
And don;t forget, you can select neutral at the lights by pulling on both paddles together. There's something nice about selecting 1st to move off as opposed to sitting on the brake and releasing it...
Yes ,I know about that,but doesn't that mean that you have to continue using the paddles until one comes to a stop again ?As the huge majority of my driving is in London where 20mph limit is quite common it's easier just to stay in Drive.
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