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Old 03-01-2010, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by fgbrault View Post
I believe that at higher speed brakes have great difficulty overcoming a full throttle. There is much more force required (due to Physics) and the brakes can heat up and become impaired.
How hard and how long would the brakes have to be applied to boil the brake fluid? Maybe this is what happened in her case? She rode the brakes or lost power assist and boiled the brake fluid.
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