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Originally Posted by skyking
And it was not so good. The Beetle TDI is a bit heavy for that. I can Armstrong the steering OK, but only get 3 brake applications before the brakes get really ineffective in an emergency.
There was too much slower traffic ahead for me to keep off the brakes.
I was descending down the west side of Mt. Rainier, dropping from 5000' to 2000' at Longmire. Lots of good energy to be had, but also a ton of switchbacks and slower speeds.
Before I tried it, I had the windows down and sunroof open to maximize drag. I daydreamed about a large speedbrake I could deploy out the sunroof when needed  |
I have a couple of steep, winding descents on my commute where, like you, I have to use some sort of braking while I'm EOCing.
I use a maintained push button (push on, push off) for my kill switch (mounted on the gear lever), so I can use engine braking (5th gear) for scrubbing off a little speed on the fast corners and still keep the vacuum reserve topped up for the sharp corners where I have to use the brakes.
