"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

--
"An abstract noun," the teacher said, "is something you can think of, but
you can't touch it. Can you give me an example of one?"
"Sure," a teenage boy replied. "My mother's pussy."


Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.

--
How many potheads does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to hold the bulb against the socket, and the other to smoke up until the room starts spinning.

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

--
Phony PhDs need love too...someone's got to stir the ****
˜º

On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

--
A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.

--
Phony PhDs need love too...someone's got to stir the ****
˜º

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.
Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:12:31 -0500, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.
To be 100% correct, they are called a "parking brake" as they can be
foot operated, hand operated, or even electrically operated.

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, in alt.war.vietnam "Tough Guy no.
1265" wrote:

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.

Drum brakes perform better under heavy loads and long hills than disk
brakes because they are better able to dissipate heat. You'll never
see disk brakes on a truck... I mean a *real* truck meant for hauling
tonnage.

We *can* build a quality product in the US; we've just gotten lazy.

Jones

On Sat, 23 May 2015 16:30:38 -0500, in alt.war.vietnam The Stumpster
wrote:

it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

I once had a VW micro bus (yes, I was a hippy) and I split the parking
brake to where I could brake a single wheel. It's kind of a poor
man's 4-wheel drive.

Jones

On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:54:57 +0100, in alt.war.vietnam "Tough Guy no.
1265" wrote:

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

It's a brake you use in emergencys.

Jones

On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:12:31 -0500, in alt.war.vietnam The Stumpster
wrote:

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.

The DART and the A-Train don't have 'em. You can signal the security
people and *they* might stop the train. I don't think a passenger can
stop a train anymore.

Jones

On 05/23/2015 06:43 PM, wrote:
Drum brakes perform better under heavy loads and long hills than disk
brakes because they are better able to dissipate heat. You'll never
see disk brakes on a truck... I mean a*real* truck meant for hauling
tonnage.

http://www.truckinginfo.com/article/...-vs-discs.aspx

"rbowman" wrote in message
...
On 05/23/2015 06:43 PM, wrote:
Drum brakes perform better under heavy loads and long hills than disk
brakes because they are better able to dissipate heat. You'll never
see disk brakes on a truck... I mean a*real* truck meant for hauling
tonnage.

You mean like yer wife's fat ass?
LOL

"NEMO" wrote in message
...
On 5/23/2015 11:40 AM, Colon Edmud Burchese wrote:
"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4
year old) mid range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the
back. Or is there something else nowadays?

--
"An abstract noun," the teacher said, "is something you can think of,
but you can't touch it. Can you give me an example of one?"
"Sure," a teenage boy replied. "My mother's pussy."


Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans couldn't drive then and they still can't drive! LOLOK


I COULD DRIVE THIS DILDO UP YER COLOSTOMY, YOU ENGLISH PHAGGOT!
LOL

On 5/23/2015 7:46 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 16:30:38 -0500, in alt.war.vietnam The Stumpster
wrote:

it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

I once had a VW micro bus (yes, I was a hippy) and I split the parking
brake to where I could brake a single wheel. It's kind of a poor
man's 4-wheel drive.

Jones

twas an ol dune buggy trick....allowed ya to defeat the differential if
you had one wheel up in da air. great fun for donuts as well

--
Phony PhDs need love too...someone's got to stir the ****
˜º

On 5/23/2015 7:49 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:12:31 -0500, in alt.war.vietnam The Stumpster
wrote:

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.

The DART and the A-Train don't have 'em. You can signal the security
people and *they* might stop the train. I don't think a passenger can
stop a train anymore.

Jones

are you speaking of THE A Train that took ya to Kennedy in NYC? in my
subway days they used R44 cars and they we different from the older cars
in the system and could have done away with the brake gizmo that the
kids used to throw the trains into emergency. R44s are gone from NYC
proper and may only exist out in Staten Island system now look at
'tribute to Redbirds' on YouTube...I like the song and even tho it isn't
really about the cars from the 7 line in Flushing I still think it goes
along with the vid. they took the old R31 and R33 cars and dumped em
in the ocean to make artificial reefs. to think that a train radio
bracket I installed out in Flushing Yard is now part of a reef for fishies.

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Phony PhDs need love too...someone's got to stir the ****
˜º

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:12:31 -0500, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.
To be 100% correct, they are called a "parking brake" as they can be
foot operated, hand operated, or even electrically operated.

Wouldn't a foot brake be a little rough on the soles?

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.
Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.

--
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On Sun, 24 May 2015 06:18:36 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke wrote:

"NEMO" wrote in message
...
On 5/23/2015 11:40 AM, Colon Edmud Burchese wrote:
"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4
year old) mid range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the
back. Or is there something else nowadays?

--
"An abstract noun," the teacher said, "is something you can think of,
but you can't touch it. Can you give me an example of one?"
"Sure," a teenage boy replied. "My mother's pussy."


Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans couldn't drive then and they still can't drive! LOLOK


I COULD DRIVE THIS DILDO UP YER COLOSTOMY, YOU ENGLISH PHAGGOT!
LOL

You're the faggot if you have one of those.

--
A government survey has shown that 91% of illegal immigrants come to this country so that they can see their own doctor.

On Sat, 23 May 2015 23:12:31 +0100, The Stumpster wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.

How often do people use the handbrake in an emergency?

--
The problem with today's society is adults are treated like children, children are treated like retards, and retards are exempt from the law.

On 5/24/2015 8:02 AM, dino wrote:
In article ,
says...

On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:12:31 -0500, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.
To be 100% correct, they are called a "parking brake" as they can be
foot operated, hand operated, or even electrically operated.

Wouldn't a foot brake be a little rough on the soles?

it worked for Barney and Fred

--
Phony PhDs need love too...someone's got to stir the ****
˜º

On 5/24/2015 8:30 AM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 23:12:31 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year
old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the
rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.

How often do people use the handbrake in an emergency?

I'd assume anyone who has their wits about them and the brake pedal all
the way to the floor. I've done it and I guarantee the pucker factor
was there until the bitch stopped. used the hand brake on a 2 1/2 T
truck to 'assist' in controlling the rear going back and forth as we
went down a hill we should have never climbed in the first place. Mars
Hill at Camp Samae San Thailand my co-driver Bennie got as pale as a
black man could get and I don't doubt my freckles went away

--
Phony PhDs need love too...someone's got to stir the ****
˜º

On Sun, 24 May 2015 15:29:53 +0100, The Stumpster wrote:

On 5/24/2015 8:30 AM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 23:12:31 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year
old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear....I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the
rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.

How often do people use the handbrake in an emergency?

I'd assume anyone who has their wits about them and the brake pedal all
the way to the floor. I've done it and I guarantee the pucker factor
was there until the bitch stopped. used the hand brake on a 2 1/2 T
truck to 'assist' in controlling the rear going back and forth as we
went down a hill we should have never climbed in the first place. Mars
Hill at Camp Samae San Thailand my co-driver Bennie got as pale as a
black man could get and I don't doubt my freckles went away

I only once had a car with brakes like that. And that's because I hadn't bothered giving it an MOT for a long time. Gears and handbrake on every stop (no footbrakes at all).

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On Sun, 24 May 2015 15:29:53 +0100, The Stumpster wrote:

On 5/24/2015 8:30 AM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 23:12:31 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year
old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear....I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the
rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.

How often do people use the handbrake in an emergency?

I'd assume anyone who has their wits about them and the brake pedal all
the way to the floor. I've done it and I guarantee the pucker factor
was there until the bitch stopped. used the hand brake on a 2 1/2 T
truck to 'assist' in controlling the rear going back and forth as we
went down a hill we should have never climbed in the first place. Mars
Hill at Camp Samae San Thailand my co-driver Bennie got as pale as a
black man could get and I don't doubt my freckles went away

I only once had a car with brakes like that. And that's because I hadn't bothered giving it an MOT for a long time. Gears and handbrake on every stop (no footbrakes at all).

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On Sun, 24 May 2015 15:29:53 +0100, The Stumpster wrote:

On 5/24/2015 8:30 AM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 23:12:31 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year
old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear....I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the
rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.

How often do people use the handbrake in an emergency?

I'd assume anyone who has their wits about them and the brake pedal all
the way to the floor. I've done it and I guarantee the pucker factor
was there until the bitch stopped. used the hand brake on a 2 1/2 T
truck to 'assist' in controlling the rear going back and forth as we
went down a hill we should have never climbed in the first place. Mars
Hill at Camp Samae San Thailand my co-driver Bennie got as pale as a
black man could get and I don't doubt my freckles went away

I only once had a car with brakes like that. And that's because I hadn't bothered giving it an MOT for a long time. Gears and handbrake on every stop (no footbrakes at all).

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In article , ¡Jones says...


Drum brakes perform better under heavy loads and long hills than disk
brakes because they are better able to dissipate heat.

I disagree.

dino wrote:

In article , ¡Jones says...


Drum brakes perform better under heavy loads and long hills than disk
brakes because they are better able to dissipate heat.


I disagree.


Son, jones is a self-admitted troll and you've just been trolled...sucker.
;-)

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.
Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.

A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling. I've had them
actually lock up the rear wheels while moving.

On Sun, 24 May 2015 17:56:35 +0100, dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.
Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.

A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling. I've had them
actually lock up the rear wheels while moving.

Funny how I've never had one that powerful, even after an MOT has fixed it. Probably has to be brand new cable, and brand new drums/disks/whatever at the back.

--
You can listen to thunder after lightning to tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it never mind.

dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.

Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.


A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling.

Everyone knows that. And most everyone in hilly areas know to
park with extra safety precautions...because, as you obviously
don't grasp, parking brakes are not always properly adjusted...moron.
;-)

In article , The Stumpster says...

On 5/24/2015 8:02 AM, dino wrote:
In article ,
says...

On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:12:31 -0500, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.
To be 100% correct, they are called a "parking brake" as they can be
foot operated, hand operated, or even electrically operated.

Wouldn't a foot brake be a little rough on the soles?

it worked for Barney and Fred

True.

On an old Willys Jeep that I had, the parking brake was on the drive train, on
the transfer case rear output shaft. The transfer case always leaked gear oil,
even with new seals, which found its way into the brake drum and got soaked up
by the shoe linings. Greasy brakes don't work.

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:08:46 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D. wrote:

dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.

Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.


A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling.

Everyone knows that. And most everyone in hilly areas know to
park with extra safety precautions...because, as you obviously
don't grasp, parking brakes are not always properly adjusted...moron.
;-)

The trouble is they go out of adjustment if a fly lands on them.

--
You may be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater.

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:13:49 +0100, dino wrote:

In article , The Stumpster says...

On 5/24/2015 8:02 AM, dino wrote:
In article ,
says...

On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:12:31 -0500, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.
To be 100% correct, they are called a "parking brake" as they can be
foot operated, hand operated, or even electrically operated.

Wouldn't a foot brake be a little rough on the soles?

it worked for Barney and Fred

True.

On an old Willys Jeep that I had, the parking brake was on the drive train, on
the transfer case rear output shaft. The transfer case always leaked gear oil,
even with new seals, which found its way into the brake drum and got soaked up
by the shoe linings. Greasy brakes don't work.

The park position on an automatic works very well indeed. Why can a similar thing not exist on a manual gearbox? (For those stupid people who want manual gearboxes)

--
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Studies show these people go home and **** on their cornflakes.

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:08:46 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D.
wrote:

dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where
you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year
old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or
is there
something else nowadays?


Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL


Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly


Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.



A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling.


Everyone knows that. And most everyone in hilly areas know to
park with extra safety precautions...because, as you obviously
don't grasp, parking brakes are not always properly adjusted...moron.
;-)


The trouble is they go out of adjustment if a fly lands on them.

If possible always curb park in hilly areas for safety.
;-)

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 17:56:35 +0100, dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.
Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.

A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling. I've had them
actually lock up the rear wheels while moving.

Funny how I've never had one that powerful, even after an
MOT has fixed it. Probably has to be brand new cable, and
brand new drums/disks/whatever at the back.

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...psfewzz8ai.jpg

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:37:47 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D. wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:08:46 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D.
wrote:

dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where
you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year
old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or
is there
something else nowadays?


Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL


Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly


Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.



A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling.


Everyone knows that. And most everyone in hilly areas know to
park with extra safety precautions...because, as you obviously
don't grasp, parking brakes are not always properly adjusted...moron.
;-)


The trouble is they go out of adjustment if a fly lands on them.

If possible always curb park in hilly areas for safety.
;-)

I've found handbrake and 1st gear is enough, unless it's ridiculously steep.

--
101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney animated features in which both the parents are present and don't die throughout the movie.

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:43:11 +0100, dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 17:56:35 +0100, dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.
Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.

A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling. I've had them
actually lock up the rear wheels while moving.

Funny how I've never had one that powerful, even after an
MOT has fixed it. Probably has to be brand new cable, and
brand new drums/disks/whatever at the back.

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...psfewzz8ai.jpg

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BECAUSE-FREN.../dp/B00GPLM8KI

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I learnt so much from my mistakes I think I'll make another.

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:37:47 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D.
wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:08:46 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D.
wrote:

dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"

wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where
you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year
old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or
is there
something else nowadays?



Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL



Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.



Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and
drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly



Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.




A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling.



Everyone knows that. And most everyone in hilly areas know to
park with extra safety precautions...because, as you obviously
don't grasp, parking brakes are not always properly adjusted...moron.
;-)



The trouble is they go out of adjustment if a fly lands on them.


If possible always curb park in hilly areas for safety.
;-)


I've found handbrake and 1st gear is enough, unless it's ridiculously
steep.

very good then...the biggest fear is someone accidentily bumping
your car and knocking it out of gear and/or brake causing a runaway car.

use your best judgment...that's all anyone could ask
;-)

On Sun, 24 May 2015 19:31:03 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D. wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:37:47 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D.
wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:08:46 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D.
wrote:

dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"

wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where
you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year
old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or
is there
something else nowadays?



Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL



Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.



Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and
drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly



Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.




A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling.



Everyone knows that. And most everyone in hilly areas know to
park with extra safety precautions...because, as you obviously
don't grasp, parking brakes are not always properly adjusted...moron.
;-)



The trouble is they go out of adjustment if a fly lands on them.


If possible always curb park in hilly areas for safety.
;-)


I've found handbrake and 1st gear is enough, unless it's ridiculously
steep.

very good then...the biggest fear is someone accidentily bumping
your car and knocking it out of gear and/or brake causing a runaway car.

use your best judgment...that's all anyone could ask
;-)

How can you knock a car out of gear or the brake off from the outside?

--
Quando omni Flunkus Moritati - When all else fails, play dead.

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Sun, 24 May 2015 19:31:03 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D.
wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:37:47 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D.
wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Sun, 24 May 2015 18:08:46 +0100, Dr. Jian Chang, Ph.D.
wrote:

dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"

wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where
you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4
year
old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or
is there
something else nowadays?




Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are
what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL




Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.




Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal
use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and
drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly




Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.





A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling.




Everyone knows that. And most everyone in hilly areas know to
park with extra safety precautions...because, as you obviously
don't grasp, parking brakes are not always properly adjusted...moron.
;-)




The trouble is they go out of adjustment if a fly lands on them.



If possible always curb park in hilly areas for safety.
;-)



I've found handbrake and 1st gear is enough, unless it's ridiculously
steep.


very good then...the biggest fear is someone accidentily bumping
your car and knocking it out of gear and/or brake causing a runaway car.

use your best judgment...that's all anyone could ask
;-)


How can you knock a car out of gear or the brake off from the outside?

I've heard it could happen...is that a myth?
;-)