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Roy
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Post subject: Damn I hate to see stuff like this  Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:46 pm |
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Location: Mehlingen,Rhineland Pfalz, Deutschland
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:24 pm |
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Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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Ouch ... what a shame ... 
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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2slow
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:01 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2004 11:34 pm
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Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
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At the same spot once jumped too far and hit the brakes while the wheels were still in the air...... confused the ABS and had no brakes..... you will not believe the smell coming from my shorts
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BenZ28
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:12 pm |
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Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2001 3:53 pm
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Location: Mainz, Germany
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Oh "He said POOP"... driver should be OK though, I guess...
I always brake before and after the "jump spot".
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2slow
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:18 pm |
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With the Porsche I just dab the brakes before the jump, with a BMW 320 (rent car) I have managed to stay on the throttle till take-off.
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Roy
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 4:22 pm |
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Location: Mehlingen,Rhineland Pfalz, Deutschland
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I've found out if you go slow enough brakes aren't really necessary. They are just extra weight nice to have items when you want to stop.
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 4:30 pm |
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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hm ... brakes ... can come in handy sometimes ... lost a bolt of the front right caliper just a couple days ago, luckily just before I got to Fulda in the morning ... made it all the way through town just on throttle and hand brake ... complained to the other car place this morning for not tightening them to spec when they changed the wheel bearing a month ago
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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BenZ28
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:34 pm |
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Garry wrote: hm ... brakes ... can come in handy sometimes ... lost a bolt of the front right caliper just a couple days ago, luckily just before I got to Fulda in the morning ... made it all the way through town just on throttle and hand brake ... complained to the other car place this morning for not tightening them to spec when they changed the wheel bearing a month ago Glad this didn't happen in the Camaro, the emergency brake in our cars doesn't operate the rear disc brakes but separate tiny brake pads in/from the axle... I guess they'd be gone in a very short time.
Ben
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