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by shayief 183 days ago
the engine cannot brake to a complete stop, so break pads are always in use. At low RPMs, the engine is going to stall (manual) or switch to neutral (automatic).
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kjkjadksj 183 days ago
It can brake to nearly a complete stop though with the brakes basically holding the car in place at the end. I got pretty good at it.
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bob1029 183 days ago
Brake wear scales ~quadratically with vehicle speed. Applying them at 5mph vs 20mph is 16x less energy to burn off.
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