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Well, this is another question that can be immediately answered during a test drive, but what the hell, why not ask some of the first owners... my test drive is probably a few weeks away.
I know that the left-right distance between the accelerator and brake is set up for heal-toe very nicely. But what about the relative up/down distance of the two pedals? For example, in my M3, I don't have to fully depress the brake to make it level with the accelerator -- this I like. But a few weeks ago, I drove a friend's 911 40th Anniv Edition, and the pedal spacing was such I could only comfortable heal-toe if the brake was pushed to the absolute floor. Good for driving at 10/10ths I guess, but not really apropriate for street heal-toeing.
So where does the Elise's brake pedal fall? I don't know if this has any bearing, but when I heal-toe, I don't pivot the bottom of my foot from one pedal to the other (which seems to be the more popular method). Instead I stradle both pedals and roll the right half of my foot on to the accelerator, while the left half continues to brake..
I know that the left-right distance between the accelerator and brake is set up for heal-toe very nicely. But what about the relative up/down distance of the two pedals? For example, in my M3, I don't have to fully depress the brake to make it level with the accelerator -- this I like. But a few weeks ago, I drove a friend's 911 40th Anniv Edition, and the pedal spacing was such I could only comfortable heal-toe if the brake was pushed to the absolute floor. Good for driving at 10/10ths I guess, but not really apropriate for street heal-toeing.
So where does the Elise's brake pedal fall? I don't know if this has any bearing, but when I heal-toe, I don't pivot the bottom of my foot from one pedal to the other (which seems to be the more popular method). Instead I stradle both pedals and roll the right half of my foot on to the accelerator, while the left half continues to brake..