On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:16:21 +0100, harryagain wrote:

"Steve Firth" wrote in message
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"harryagain" wrote:
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On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 5:28:27 PM UTC+1, harry wrote:
Reading one of SWMBO's crime novels.



The victim is murdered by cutting a car brake line.

Though it was a pre dual circuit car I reckon I would know the
instant I

wnet to start the engine there was a fault as I always put my foot
on the

brake. Even without that, there are few circumstance wher nor
having a
foot

brake would kill you.

I can't think of a single way to sabotage a car to guarantee death
short of

explosives.



Stupid plot. These authors must be like journalists, thick as
****.

Writing for a technically illiterate readership.

Some chav tried that on a car belonging to one of his neighbours ,
about 10 years ago ISTR.

The flexible hydraulic hose he cut was not for the braking system,
but the suspension.
He may have realised the difference in the short time between the
Citroen settling gracefully onto him and his expiry from
asphyxiation a short time later.

Heh. Excellent urban myth The only thing is, the Citroen sinks/sank
to it's lowest level anyway when the engine is shut off.

No that's cobblers. It takes time for Cit to sink on its suspension.
My Cits were all still at normal ride height after being parked
overnight.
A
Citroen less than ten years old will (probably) have Hydractive 3
suspension and will not settle on its suspension.

Also the brakes and suspension ran off the same system.

Which tends to confirm an element of the tale.

Interestingly, you had no brakes at all if the engine was not
running.

Again cobblers. There was enough reserve of pressure in the system to
allow the brakes to work.

Handbrake wasn't particularly efficient either.

Cobblers.

The hancbrake was crap. It worked on the front discs which were
located immediately in frontof the dashboard.
Four little pads the size of old pennies.
There was a weird system of levers and pulleys.

I once put my foot on the footbrake of mine (engine not ruinning) and
let the handbrake off. It ran away though the pedal was as hard as a
rock.

As an ex owner, I know you are full of ****.

And your car was less than ten years old was it harry? Perhaps you
should read the OP.

Or stop bull****ting.

The fact that you can't drive doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

Oh? I have passed my advance driving test. (As a teenager)
How about you?

Why did you take it in advance?



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