Lude Generation

Hey all,

Decided that if I wanted to track the Lude then I had better learn how to heel & toe downshift. So I watched a few videos on Youtube over Xmas and I can now happily confirm that after 3 weeks of juddering, ahem, jerking and a few close calls to other road users, I can now heel & toe

I drive my car to work daily which I reckon helped me to master this a bit quicker! I also, always wear my driving shoes to work which are very slim & change into my work shoes when I get there

I did have to adapt my style slightly from the technique used in the videos I watched. I found the pedals in the Lude were a bit far apart for the most popular technique of "ball of foot/side of foot" and had to use more of a toe/heel approach. Anybody else found this?

Have to say I am quite chuffed at myself

Interested to hear if you guys are using this driving style?

I only ever tried it once in my xr2i and promptly head butted the steering wheel haven't tried since

W1ggz wrote:I only ever tried it once in my xr2i and promptly head butted the steering wheel haven't tried since

Serious question, if you will be driving on the track do you have to heel toe? Can't you just change gears normally. :s

you can change gear anyway you like nitin heel and toeing is the way racing drivers do it

im too big to heel and toe 6'5 .. i got a smaller wheel too but still no luck!!

stk prelude wrote:im too big to heel and toe 6'5 .. i got a smaller wheel too but still no luck!!

you need an adjustable pedal box and racing seat not gonna happen in a road car but if you had a track car you could make it work

I heel and toe all the time I'm driving either the lude before I got rid of it and now the s2k. Tried it in my lorry and nearly went through the windscreen lol.
The technique I use is just rolling my foot over and the bit just below my laces presses the throttle I think. It is a lot of fun lol. And Nitin you would do it on a track because it balances the car and allows you to shift down smoothly whilst breaking.

Only time I get close is if I try it like Edd.

I am fairly miniature though, if anything I think bigger shoes would make it easier for me

macky_6 wrote: I did have to adapt my style slightly from the technique used in the videos I watched. I found the pedals in the Lude were a bit far apart for the most popular technique of "ball of foot/side of foot" and had to use more of a toe/heel approach. Anybody else found this?

Yep. I heel and toe as part of my driving, I started for fun years ago but its just habit now really.
I found the same as you re the pedals, so it's very much actual 'heel and toe' - I swing my heel out about 45 degrees to blip the throttle.