[s-cars] Brake pedal firmness
Sean Douglas
quattro20v at telus.net
Wed Jul 5 12:02:12 EDT 2006
For me no. We have a 1990 90q20v and the brake pressure is way harder on the
90 vs the S6.
Having said that, when I drive rental cars, the brakes are very touchy even
compared to the S6.
Sean
1997 S6
Quoting Wayne Dohnal <wd1 at hevanet.com>:
> All of the brake servo postings are encouraging me to ask a different brake
> question. I sometimes drive 2 other vehicles, and compared to those, the S4
>
> has very light steering and requires more force on the brake pedal. This
> hasn't caused me any problem and the brakes seem to work just fine. But
> when driving the S4 for the first time yesterday after 2 weeks with a rental
>
> car, I found myself stepping on the brake with what seemed like a firm push,
>
> and nothing happened. After 30 minutes or so I got myself recalibrated to
> the brake pedal and all was normal again.
>
> So my question for those who routinely drive other vehicles: Does the the
> S4 take significantly more pressure on the brake pedal than the other cars?
>
> This isn't a case of no brake boost at all. When doing the bomb depletion
> test, the brake force changes from very firm to practically immovable. The
> pedal force has been the same for the 3-1/2 years that I've had the car.
>
> Wayne Dohnal
> 1994 S4
>
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