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Electric handbrakes....

  • 30-09-2011 11:56pm
    #1
    johnos1984
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    Out of interest

    Is it possible to do a handbrake turn in a car with an electronic handbrake?


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  • #2
    CiniO
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    johnos1984 wrote: »
    Out of interest

    Is it possible to do a handbrake turn in a car with an electronic handbrake?

    Yeah.. But not by using your handbrake, but left foot on the service brake.


  • #3
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Really?

    I tried left foot braking before and nearly kissed the windscreen

    :o


  • #4
    Skullsri
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    No..if you press them at a high speed it will slow the car very fast till you are stoped used as a safety feature in the case of an emergency stop...


  • #5
    CiniO
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    johnos1984 wrote: »
    Really?

    I tried left foot braking before and nearly kissed the windscreen

    :o

    Hahah
    I suppose that's normal for everyone who tries this the first time.
    Left foot is used to clutch (in other words - down to the floor).
    But a bit of practice and you will be fluent operating brake with left foot.

    Other thing is that in passat it has no sense, as probably as in any other VW computer cuts out throttle whenever you press the brake. That makes pressing gas and brake at the same time impossible.


  • #6
    CiniO
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    Sitec wrote: »
    I'd imagine the ECU wouldn't allow the handbrake to actuate over a certain speed.

    What about emergency, when your service brake stops working.
    Then handbrake comes in hand.
    I don't think it can be disabled above certain speeds. It has to be ready to be used in emergency at all times.


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  • #7
    johnos1984
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    CiniO wrote: »
    What about emergency, when your service brake stops working.
    Then handbrake comes in hand.
    I don't think it can be disabled above certain speeds. It has to be ready to be used in emergency at all times.
    As said in the other thread.

    Hold it for a few seconds and it will work as an emergency brake.

    It just won't be as controllable as a handbrake


  • #8
    ianobrien
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    I thought the regulations regarding construction of a car here was that the car had to be fitted with a "mechanical brake", as well as the primary braking system. In that case, how is an electronic handbrake mechanical?

    I'm never buying a car with an electronic handbrake. Firstly, it was damn handy in the snow last year when the Almera started to understeer and also, as a poor mans traction control in the mk2 Escort. I would very quickly lift and drop it when a wheel was spinning. It would slow down the spinning wheel, sending power through the diff to the other wheel.


  • #9
    pajo1981
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    ianobrien wrote: »
    I thought the regulations regarding construction of a car here was that the car had to be fitted with a "mechanical brake", as well as the primary braking system. In that case, how is an electronic handbrake mechanical?

    I'm never buying a car with an electronic handbrake. Firstly, it was damn handy in the snow last year when the Almera started to understeer and also, as a poor mans traction control in the mk2 Escort. I would very quickly lift and drop it when a wheel was spinning. It would slow down the spinning wheel, sending power through the diff to the other wheel.

    Id imagine any car sophisticated enough to have an e handbreak would also have good traction control.


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