How can a passenger stop the car from rolling?
06-05-2014, 04:30 PM
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06-05-2014, 04:37 PM
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I absolutely love the electric steering and never pass up an opportunity to mock the mockers. But the electric brake is absolutely horrible. Not so much because its electric but mostly because where it is and how its actuated. I never tried it while moving, but I assume its completely "binary" in that its all or nothing. I would have loved some sort of old style console handle that modulated the grab. But oh well.
I imagine plenty of drivers complained about the floor-mounted handbrake when it was first introduced, but they had no idea just how stupid things were going to get.
06-06-2014, 01:03 AM
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They could also have found a happy medium by doing what the 968 (and I assume all of the 944s) did, where the handbrake is on the floor to the left of the driver's seat. That was fine. Of course nobody knew it was there, so you still had to worry about valets.
I imagine plenty of drivers complained about the floor-mounted handbrake when it was first introduced, but they had no idea just how stupid things were going to get.
I imagine plenty of drivers complained about the floor-mounted handbrake when it was first introduced, but they had no idea just how stupid things were going to get.
06-06-2014, 02:02 AM
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I have a PDK and have never once used the parking brake. I also appreciate the hill hold this electronic brake enables as well. It's pretty cool to be in a stop and go traffic jam going up a hill and having the car hold itself on the brakes all the time.
Another reason the 991 was built for the PDK and not the manual.
Andy
Another reason the 991 was built for the PDK and not the manual.
Andy
06-06-2014, 04:18 AM
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I have a PDK and have never once used the parking brake. I also appreciate the hill hold this electronic brake enables as well. It's pretty cool to be in a stop and go traffic jam going up a hill and having the car hold itself on the brakes all the time. Another reason the 991 was built for the PDK and not the manual. Andy
06-06-2014, 08:56 AM
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06-06-2014, 02:00 PM
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Many years ago, I loaned my 914 to a friend who could not figure out how to get the parking parking brake off -- near the floor on the left side of the driver's seat. So he left it on and drove around all day and burned out my clutch and parking brake pads/shoes. An expensive lesson and fix for an 18-year-old boy.
06-06-2014, 03:09 PM
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06-06-2014, 03:39 PM
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