Re: brakes and lonnnng downhills

[Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>]

Hey, I was there, Doug (and others who responded similarly).  No smoke from
overheated brakes.  No noticeable symptoms except for the rear wheels being
warmer than the front by the time we reached the bottom of the mountain.
Don't berate Phil for poor driving.  It simply ain't so.  As we say down
heah in the hills, He done good.

At 03:40 PM 10/8/98 -0400, you wrote:
>  >The other day--during Kanc Run II--I drove my '91 200q to the top of Mt.
>  >Washington. The car carried 3 adults, 1 adultress, and a fairly
well-loaded
>
>     ...
>
>  >Anyway, my question concerns braking during the return trip, which as some
>  >of you know, is a 7-mile long drop from 6000 feet--all done at about 20-25
>  >mph with brakes working nearly full time. At the bottom, Kirby Smith
>  >noted--to our surprise--that both _rear_ wheels were noticeably hotter
than
>  >the fronts.
>
>There are turn-outs every so often on that road, with big signs telling you
>what they're there for: cooling your brakes.  Were they full up?
>
>-- 
>--Doug
>
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   Bob
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