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What happens if you put the handbrake on whilst driving? read on and find out..
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What happens if you put the handbrake on whilst driving? read on and find out..
I did it way back in 2009, was only going slow and didn't think much of it. I was seeing if a handbrake turn was possible. Not fast enough to and wouldn't really skid so didn't try it again.
Sold the Z4 M Roadster and a 911 Carrera S now I have a 2021 Z4 3.0i
- Smartbear
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What happens if you put the handbrake on whilst driving? read on and find out..
What were you doing sniffing around my tyres! You weren't measuring my tyre pressures were you?
Rob
e89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
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What happens if you put the handbrake on whilst driving? read on and find out..
So what would you rather it was called, a lever??
Does it really matter what anybody has called it, everybody knows what the subject is about.
E89 2014 35i M Sport Black with Black leather
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What happens if you put the handbrake on whilst driving? read on and find out..
Which pressures would those be, Rob? The fronts or the backs? The ... or the ... ?
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What happens if you put the handbrake on whilst driving? read on and find out..
Tyres aside, Rob, the paintwork looks wonderful. Is it 'Pearl' white or 'Mineral'?
And the seats didn't look bad, either. A re-paint?
And the seats didn't look bad, either. A re-paint?
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What happens if you put the handbrake on whilst driving? read on and find out..
Ta, its a mineral white car-seats & paint all original as far as I'm aware?
Was that your car with the individual spec interior (chocolate/cream with wood trim)
Rob
e89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
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What happens if you put the handbrake on whilst driving? read on and find out..
By "re-paint" I meant only your seats. The bodywork looks immaculate. Mind you, so do the seats.
Mine? The dirty* red 35iS with the 295 twists (on Pirelli P Zero MO XLs at 36psi front & 44psi rear ) & ivory white interior. (*Because the fest was booked solid, I didn't clean it, came only on spec, parked in the public car park & walked in. Neil spoke to me later, said 60 people hadn't turned up & told me to bring it in ... so I did.)
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What happens if you put the handbrake on whilst driving? read on and find out..
I tried this too. Not on my Z4 of course, but on a hire car whilst speeding through an empty car park that had gravel not tarmac (surely it would have been rude not to). Back brakes locked up very quickly for virtually no effort - great fun, took me back to my youth...
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What happens if you put the handbrake on whilst driving? read on and find out..
I've had it demonstrated on a Discovery on sales day - the fella pulled the handbrake while I was driving - throttle more or less died and the steering went very numb and straight ahead mode - the car also slowed down quickly - a passenger would have probably been able to prevent a biggie in my opinion.
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.