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dcb · 05-31-2009, 10:46 PM

If blessed with mountains, I would turn off my injectors and engine brake (hold in the kill switch).

For reference, I did the rotors today, they were $18 apiece, but would still rather use the engine to control my decent and save the brakes for an emergency.

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