OK - on a 34 degree day, you splash through ten slush puddles on your way
home. It is dark, the temperature is falling fast, but its still raining
like h---. As you drive into your driveway, you hit the last and deepest
slush puddle. You are parking outdoors.
Now, do you dry out the brakes (and How??) in this freezing rainstorm, or do
you just leave the emergency brake OFF?
Bill
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
To: <Gonaj@aol.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: Now parking brake
> Well, George, I can't say I would agree that using a parking brake
designed for
> that purpose should be referred to as risky. If one drives through water,
> wouldn't you recommend he dry the brakes ASAP because wet brakes are less
> effective than dry brakes? If one then parks the car with wet brakes
engaged in
> freezing weather, no less, perhaps you might agree that such an action is
kind
> of asking for trouble from old man winter.
>
> BTW, for what purpose do you use "emergency brakes" in cars that require
you to
> apply them by pressing a pedal, and release them by pulling a handle? If I
> recall correctly, the respective manufacturers of those cars refer to
these
> mechanisms as "parking brakes". They only become "emergency brakes" after
they
> have caused one by being applied to a moving vehicle.
>
> Jim
>
> Gonaj@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I'm glad you've been so lucky Jim. I was raised in New England and now
live
> > near Chicago. I have had and seen many cases of frozen
parking/emergency
> > brakes. I prefer the latter term as it better describes the more
practical
> > use.
> > If you continue with this risky practice I wish you good luck, but I
would
> > recommend otherwise.
> >
> > George
>
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