Better at driving

[zee]

Hey guys,

Not sure if this is the right section to post but it seems to be the most relevant.
I've been driving manual for about 6 months now and I think is time to improve my driving skills before I get a more powerful car. I was wondering is there any schools or websites that have tutorial on how to become a better driver like doing heel toe and such, I would really want to learn the basic before I get my S2000, no point having a nice car but crappy driver.

Hope you guys can help me out here, a noob has to start somewhere.

Thanks

[bennjamin]

location ?

IF in NSW - look at the ian Luff driving school

http://www.ianluff.com.au/

[Lukey]

I wanna know how people twist there foot around enough to do heel toe.

[vinnY]

^ gotta have pretty small feet if you can't hit both pedals with your foot

just head out to your car and give it a shot while the car is off
if you really need to practice it don't do it while theres traffic on the road, uber dangerous

[rayb3na_]

wow this guys smart!! i always just practised in my car.. ahaha never thought about actually taking courses to learn that stuff! woah!

[PNS 001_EG3]

lol anyone who wants to do heel toe action can only really do it on a track, contact (cams) and ask them about driver training. they should be able to lead you in the best direction! if ya just a crappy driver look up sum driving schools jks, but if its defensive driving courses your looking for just look in the yellow pages. good luck!

[aimre]

lol anyone who wants to do heel toe action can only really do it on a track

You obviously havent been pizza delivering with me


On that note, i got pulled over by an undercover magna for taking lines round a round-a-bout. "Round-a-bouts are to go AROUND" -Cop

[vincikwan]

U should have joined us at winton for the beginner track day with AKmotorworks. Andy's a great teacher too!

[aaronng]

Yup, look for the driver training courses held at the tracks. I learnt heel toe on the street and I totally agree with the suggestions to do it at the track or when there are no other cars and people around. Because there are 3 possible outcomes if you get it wrong. 1) You jam the brakes and get rear ended. 2) You don't press enough brakes and overspeed into the corner, taking out a few cars/people parked on the side of the road. 3) Your foot gets stuck on the accelerator and you ram into the car in front of you, or run a red light.

[zee]

Thanks for the reply guys! Yup I do live in Sydney, will try to save up for the training course. Im currently trying to just heel toe downshift on a quiet straight road, dont want to ram into a pole if I dont stop on time lol

Also is there any other driving techniques to be a better driver? How can I shift smoother while driving aggressively?

[rayb3na_]

heel toe in a straight line first less to think about and then do it before a corner.. like everything start off slow and gradually build yourself up.. i always heel toe/rev match when im slowing down for the lights as well its less jerky.. i do it ALL the time even with cops there, only been pulled over once for it and he just askd me what i was doing i just said rev matching and he looked at me stumped lol.. then i explained to him and his like o.. i've never thought of that! lolage good luck anyways i got a bit off topic!

[migoreng]

take it easy on the throttle. you don't need anything special to drive a car like an s2000.

don't you see mums on the road driving holden/ford V8s??
lol

be sensible and you will be fine.

what car have you been driving?