Engine Brakes VS Regular Brakes

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santanu · #11 Unread post by **santanu** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:04 pm

Ya engine braking is preferred against using of brakes specially down hill. its smoother and much safe.

Flting Duck · Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:49 am

Shorts wrote:Remember to flash your brake lights if you are downshifting to brake so that you don't get run over.

+1 on that - apply the rear brake pedal LIGHTLY to let whomever is behind you know that you are slowing down.

badinfluence63 · Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:01 am

what Flting duck said.

#14 Unread post by **Skier** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:03 am

storysunfolding wrote:Engine breaking done properly won't harm the engine ...

Incorrect. Engine breaking results in... well, a broken engine.

Engine braking is fine, though.

Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:39 am

Skier wrote:
storysunfolding wrote:Engine breaking done properly won't harm the engine ...
Incorrect. Engine breaking results in... well, a broken engine.

Engine braking is fine, though.

Thank God it only took you just over 4 months to catch that one.... ya jerk

#16 Unread post by **Skier** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:34 pm

storysunfolding wrote:
Skier wrote:
storysunfolding wrote:Engine breaking done properly won't harm the engine ...
Incorrect. Engine breaking results in... well, a broken engine.

Engine braking is fine, though.
Thank God it only took you just over 4 months to catch that one.... ya jerk

Hey now, it was a recently resurrected thread and I didn't read it until today.