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When you see driving videos, they shouldn't be at the same height. Trust me. At a school recently, the chief instructor (former Porsche 962, etc. driver FWIW) had a rant about learning to heel/toe.
First, he stated the correct height for the pedals as I did above. Remember - the brakes are for stopping and the engine is for going - heel/toe is just so that when you are transitioning from stopping to going you aren't stuck in an odd gear or a delay b/f accelaration after coming off the brakes. In other words - you should only be doing it when you have the brakes NAILED (i.e., pedals at same height).
He also made a point to emphasize the need for some type of pedal or cover on 99% of cars - just so that the distance wasn't so great.
Along w/ the need for pedal adjustment, he relayed something that I should have know - that heel/toe was impossible in 99.9% of all modern cars. The concept of heel/toe came about back in the day when the pedal cluster was mounted on the floor. While the top mount clusters found in modern cars are safer, they are impossible to heel/toe. Instead, one has to use the side of their foot to acomplish the feat. (I say I shoulda realized this b/c I used to own a 67 VW bug w/a floor mount cluster - heel/toe was so easy I can't believe it). In other words - its not your big feet or lack of ability - its just that you can't really "heel/toe" in our cars b/c of the cluster - you have to use the sides of your feet.
Finally, to practice, he recommended finding a true clover leaf and just going around and around.
Hope it all makes more sense now.
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