Re: Ring Brakes

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <19990418045423.82871.qmail@hotmail.com> "David Glubrecht" writes:

> A while ago I saw an article bout buying older Audi's and one thing
> it said was to stay away from Ring Brakes, I have no idea what these
> are and am curious, is there any pic's that anybody has put up or
> anything?

We call 'em UFO brakes, and list consensus is divided.  At one time,
there was a mad rush to convert them to standard-style brakes.  Either
everyone who was going to do so now has done, or people are starting to
recognise their inherent superiority.

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