looking for new brake rotors, like today lol
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Even slotted and blanks will develop hairline cracks after time, it just depends on how hard you are on the brakes. I was always taught to use the gears not the brakes to slow down so I tend to be pretty easy on them.
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I was taught the opposite of that, at least for our 5spd. Brakes are cheaper than gears/syncros.
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On the syncro thing, I learned to drive on a straight cut 1951 IH 4x4 truck with a 3 on the tree, the clutch was just about useless. So I learned very early on how to heal/toe and rev match.
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Its called looking ahead as you should be. Scanning for brake lights 5-10 cars up, a quick glance to see if the crosswalk lights are blinking red, and so on. Things that will tip you off to a need to downshift and start your slowdown. Typically I don't have to jab on my brakes, I can just slip it down a gear, even in traffic, and let the motor do some work for me (compression braking)
On the syncro thing, I learned to drive on a straight cut 1951 IH 4x4 truck with a 3 on the tree, the clutch was just about useless. So I learned very early on how to heal/toe and rev match.
On the syncro thing, I learned to drive on a straight cut 1951 IH 4x4 truck with a 3 on the tree, the clutch was just about useless. So I learned very early on how to heal/toe and rev match.
I learned to drive in one of these:
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ya'll are cute...I learned on these (not the exact models, but close enough)
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Well if you are going to nitpick I was driving a ford 8N tractor by the time I was 9, and taking my moms Land Cruiser wagon (72) during snow storms up to the neighbors house and back to get milk and such.
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Very cool! Same here, I got shown how to operate all those between 9 and 13.
