Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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PhilDAS in reply to @IR

I get pretty paranoid about brakes these days because when I was in NZ I had a total brake failure and put my little 4x4 corolla through a fence and then ended up on a sandy beach!

Crikey. Could you pull the handbrake for a save in that situation? Handbrakes are often cable operated are they not?

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IR in reply to @PhilDAS

Not really, I was breaking hard going into a corner after coming down a pretty steep hill descent and the piston in one of the rear drums popped out causing total loss of pressure. Nek minnit... on beach.

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danb in reply to @IR

I thought car systems had dual lines so that a failure should only take out 2 brakes i.e. front L and rear R

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