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Old 01-24-2011, 03:44 AM   #20 (permalink)
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When I loosed up my brakes car rolled so much better that I had to brake when I come to my home. I glide to stop. It is about 700 meters, first 300 hundred downhill and rest gentle uphill. When brakes were dragging I needed 40 km/h speed at the top of that last hill to be able to get to parking space. When I loosed my brakes I could drop the speed to 30 km/h and still need to brake to stop at my parking space . On the downhill I gain same top speed even starting with lower speed. Due to less friction I have much more speed at the end...
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