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Re: Valentine 1

You wrote:

My practice is to [...] generally use the handbrake to slow down (no
tell-tail tail-lights!) in a more relaxed manner.
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Very dangerous to do it at speed in traffic. A spin-off may result.
That's what rally drivers use for those rooster-tail hairpin U-turns.
I myself do it in snow or ice for U-turning the car in a narrow street.

If you want to slow down the car without the cop seeing your brake
lights, why don't you double-declutch and downshift two gears? Works
very well for me. 

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Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ -- 18psi (TAP)
'98 A4TQ -- nothing to declare
Philadelphia, PA
USA
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