Agree with you, not saying that I'm pro in that. Jerk my car here and there, but I still can have my car move to speed limit pretty smooth w/o heel_toes. Rev match is fine with me, heel_toes save for the track and of course need to learn more on that.

 

I want to make it clear that I also agree that heel-toe is not neccessary. I drove a manual for 8 years with my first car and never heel-toed and did just fine. When I got my G over three years ago, I then taught myself with some written instructions how to heel-toe as well as rev match. It was at slower street legal speeds and at times when no one was in the car and very little to no traffic. Let me say that there were some very jerky momments with either uneven brake pressure or not enough revs to match the down shifts But I have long mastered the technique and now sometimes just rev-match if I am slowing very slowly or heel-toe at times. That may be coming down off off-ramps and I am not coming to a red light...or a 3 down to 2 shift before a right hand corner... or times I am just feeling a bit sporty. I have also done a few track days and obviously I am always heel-toeing there which gave me a big advantage over my fellow novices at the time.

As far as saving heel-toe for the track...I saw a guy almost throw his car into the wall because he was trying to learn how to heel-toe at the track and his car was too close to the adhesion limit for the rear tires to loose traction because he did not match his revs correctly. The instructors preach not to try to learn heel-toe at the track, you are learning too many other things about your car. You are also going to fast to make severe mistakes like jerking your car around due to a bad shift.

Peace.