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      10-04-2011, 09:01 AM   #22
JimD
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I never turn my foot completely sideways, I am not that flexible, but I sometimes put my foot at an angle, especially in my SUV, to effectively widen my foot and better engage both pedals. With narrow shoes in my SUV I need to do this. Those with smaller feet might need to do something like this in the bimmer. When I do it, my heel is firmly on the brake and my ball to toe is on the gas. I still kind of roll my foot to apply a little gas.

This is a bit off topic but I think BMW may use the electronic cut out of the gas if the brake is applied (after a few seconds) because their pedals are relatively close together. They didn't want lawsuits over "unintended acceleration" like Audi and more recently Toyota got hit with.

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