As you stated, I doubt anyone is arguing that they're a bad idea, I just think some are cutting them short on the benefit of having 'em on all four corners. To be honest, I had never heard the "no real benefit in braking" claim before joining this forum. I was rather surprised by it. But, you know, different life experiences net different life results.
T'sall good!
Well, I’ll throw my experience into the net results when I get them installed. As I mentioned somewhere else on here, I bet the BMB pads bring the most improvement, but I still think disc brakes have more pros than cons and are better than drums in several ways. That makes them better overall. Don’t know why so many folks are down on them!As you stated, I doubt anyone is arguing that they're a bad idea, I just think some are cutting them short on the benefit of having 'em on all four corners. To be honest, I had never heard the "no real benefit in braking" claim before joining this forum. I was rather surprised by it. But, you know, different life experiences net different life results.
I don’t know about that. The automotive engineers as a whole would seem to be at odds with you.
In the rust belt, if you don't use the parking brake on a regular (consistent) basis, the system (cables, etc.) rust in the open/disengaged position, and renders it useless. You may not think much of it, until it's time to try and get your vehicle to pass inspection. Oops!
Oh, gotcha, I didn’t understand what you were saying.
PNW dwelling self for that one! I don't know as much about rust as those guys do in the other parts of the U.S.
I’d say you’re right. I rarely use ours on our automatic Yukon. I do when I have to park on an inclineYou can blame my over-privileged (white privilege some might say :risas3
I'd always be more inclined to use it on a manual transmission for sure. I say that because my buddy had his manual transmission GTI parked on a hill and it managed to pop out of gear somehow and since he didn't have his e-brake on, it rolled down the hill and through someone's fence, into their yard!
I don't think you have to worry about automatics popping out of gear... I could be wrong.
I have owned at least two manual transmission vehicles that had such tired, low compression engines that you could park them on a hill, in 1st or reverse gear, and they would still crawl their way down the hill. That's when I started using the parking brake regularly!You can blame my over-privileged (white privilege some might say :risas3
I'd always be more inclined to use it on a manual transmission for sure. I say that because my buddy had his manual transmission GTI parked on a hill and it managed to pop out of gear somehow and since he didn't have his e-brake on, it rolled down the hill and through someone's fence, into their yard!
I don't think you have to worry about automatics popping out of gear... I could be wrong.
I have owned at least two manual transmission vehicles that had such tired, low compression engines that you could park them on a hill, in 1st or reverse gear, and they would still crawl their way down the hill. That's when I started using the parking brake regularly!