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Old Sep 15, 2000 | 03:23 PM
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Ok, I went to the carwash today. When I was driving out, at about 7MPH, on a small little hill going down into the street (like maybe 10 feet long, don't know degrees), I hit the brakes (you know, to avoid rolling into the street) and for some reason the car just slid down the whole little hill (I didn't go into the street though). I felt the ABS kick in BIG-time when it happened. Wee. Why did this happen? Is this because of this so-called "wet braking" problem? What is that? I don't know how wet the tires were, but it shouldn't do that cuz of wet tires.<p><A HREF="http://www.stoneleigh-manor.com/True/true.html><IMG SRC="http://www.stoneleigh-manor.com/True/king.jpg"></A>
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Old Sep 15, 2000 | 03:29 PM
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Default because you have soap and water on your break pads, rotors, and tires

use the breaks carefully for about 30 feet of breaking before trusting them fully.
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Old Sep 15, 2000 | 03:31 PM
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brake , oops 'scuse mi spellin'
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Old Sep 15, 2000 | 03:57 PM
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That's someone telling you not to go to those car wash places....
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