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04-23-2010, 05:41 AM
Larry, a couple of things:
1. Smooth is always good!
2. Don’t try this on your own. That is what DE is all about. You may not have been shown the correct procedure.
Vic Elford, author of Porsche High Performance Driving Handbook in this month’s Panorama writes:
“For normal driving the hands should always be positioned at roughly 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock on the wheel and for most highway driving there is no need to let go of the wheel. With the seat correctly positioned, you should be able to turn the wheel at least half a turn without letting go of it. In tighter situations, such as narrow city streets and parking lots, then repositioning of the hands will be necessary and this should always be done by "shuffle steering." The term "shuffle steering" means exactly that; shuffling the wheel from hand to hand but always keeping the left hand on the left side somewhere between the 7 and 11 position and the right hand on the right side between the 1 and 5 position. For a left turn, for example, the right hand will take the wheel from the 3 position to the 1 position, whereupon the left hand will take it from the 11 position to the 7 position. If you still need more turn, the right hand will take over at the 5 position and continue up to the 1 position and so on.�?
1. Smooth is always good!
2. Don’t try this on your own. That is what DE is all about. You may not have been shown the correct procedure.
Vic Elford, author of Porsche High Performance Driving Handbook in this month’s Panorama writes:
“For normal driving the hands should always be positioned at roughly 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock on the wheel and for most highway driving there is no need to let go of the wheel. With the seat correctly positioned, you should be able to turn the wheel at least half a turn without letting go of it. In tighter situations, such as narrow city streets and parking lots, then repositioning of the hands will be necessary and this should always be done by "shuffle steering." The term "shuffle steering" means exactly that; shuffling the wheel from hand to hand but always keeping the left hand on the left side somewhere between the 7 and 11 position and the right hand on the right side between the 1 and 5 position. For a left turn, for example, the right hand will take the wheel from the 3 position to the 1 position, whereupon the left hand will take it from the 11 position to the 7 position. If you still need more turn, the right hand will take over at the 5 position and continue up to the 1 position and so on.�?