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Originally Posted by j-c-c
Well. this is confusing. Discs are supported by reason of brake fade, but they fade also, and if a driver is incompetent, there is no solution to brake fade, so the reason drums are shunned again?
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Discs fade less than drums. They have a larger safety factor when it comes to road vehicles.
For racing - drums simply aren't up to the task and performance road cars like to mimic race cars. Which is why the switch from drum to discs went: Race cars, performance / sports cars, regular cars.
Large wheels / short sidewalls had the same progression until fashion took over and continued the trend well past any performance reasons.
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Originally Posted by j-c-c
Regarding my domicile being in the average lowest/flattest state in the nation. in 5+ decades of driving in 46 states and 37 countries, I have driven a few mountain passes, in cars and semi's BTW.
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And in all those travels have you not smelled hot brakes from some idiot that doesn't know enough to downshift? Have you not seen the runaway truck ramps designed to catch truckers that have overcooked their brakes?
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Originally Posted by j-c-c
That elevation sign is inaccurate btw, there is over 3' of elevation change in that picture, unless you were standing in the ocean when you snapped it.
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I'm assuming the sign refers to the natural geology not that man-made road built over it.