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Old 12-09-2010, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Slalom View Post
I like a hand operated brake, except on a 2 1/2 ton truck - the brake should either be foot operated or electronic. I had the hand brake on my E53, I tried to use it once - it took a long distance to stop the vehicle.
No matter how actuated (foot or hand) it only brakes the rear, and is pretty wimpy, so it takes a long time to stop...but it CAN be modulated...

Wease- hear you on the autohold. But somehow I've managed to drive a manual car on roads around the world that would stall some cars, and never rolled into the stuff behind me. Seems a price paid in terms of reliability and function simply for the benefit of a shiny feature for consumers enamored with shiny objects...

A

PS thanks for the info on the failure mode.
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