Randall wrote:
We all have our phobias, mine is driving down a mountain with no brakes. I
just hate that feeling you get when the pedal flops to the floor; and you
discover that rear brakes really don't do very much at all going downhill.
And since I enjoy driving Triumphs in the mountains ...
Mike replied:
You have a really active imagination!
==AM==
Perhaps he does. On the other hand, I've experienced serious brake fade
coming down steep roads on a couple of occasions. One was in a 1951 Chevrolet,
a
car not known for its brakes or handling to begin with. The other was in an
all-drum-brake Herald, a car slightly better known for handling (if not
brakes).
And I've experienced total loss of hydraulic brakes, luckily on a flat area
where I could make use of the extraordinarily good handbrake of the TR3A I
was in (saved that car AND my buddy's '61 Mercedes sedan)!
In more recent years, I ended up driving a Ford Explorer several hundred
miles after losing the rear brakes due to a rusted line. (Ironically, in a
place
called Mechanicsburg, PA, I couldn't find an open repair shop on a Saturday
afternoon!) Fortunately, the front brakes were still very functional.
Unfortunately, I was towing a 1957 Standard Pennant on a single-axle trailer.
Talk
about planning ahead for slowing and stopping!
I share the same phobia with Randall.
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
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