Tonight I wished I owned a BMW....
03-19-2008, 05:35 PM
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Tonight I wished I owned a BMW....
.... with self drying brakes.
Was driving in really heavy rain, fair distance to the car in front, car in front braked hard, I hit the brakes... absolutely nothing happened. For what seemed like forever (probably only one second) his rear end got a lot closer, a helluva lot faster. Finally the pads cleaned the water off the rotors and I nearly hit the windscreen as a near emergency stop ensued.
Glad I leave fair amount of room - heart rate clearly linearly correlated to brake pressure applied!
Was driving in really heavy rain, fair distance to the car in front, car in front braked hard, I hit the brakes... absolutely nothing happened. For what seemed like forever (probably only one second) his rear end got a lot closer, a helluva lot faster. Finally the pads cleaned the water off the rotors and I nearly hit the windscreen as a near emergency stop ensued.
Glad I leave fair amount of room - heart rate clearly linearly correlated to brake pressure applied!
03-19-2008, 06:00 PM
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yep....
...cut-n-pasted this from audiusa.com:
Electronic Stabilization Program
The ESP 8.0 electronic stabilization program has specific RS 4 settings and its own parameters for even sportier road dynamics. The program uses a combination of the Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), the Electronic Differential Lock (EDL), <b>an innovative brake disc drying function</b> and the traction control (ASR) system, to help make the RS 4 easier to control in handling situation close to the limit.
Electronic Stabilization Program
The ESP 8.0 electronic stabilization program has specific RS 4 settings and its own parameters for even sportier road dynamics. The program uses a combination of the Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), the Electronic Differential Lock (EDL), <b>an innovative brake disc drying function</b> and the traction control (ASR) system, to help make the RS 4 easier to control in handling situation close to the limit.
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03-19-2008, 06:31 PM
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maybe your pads need to be changed....
I just got the Ferodos in the mail, but I can tell you that the last few thousand miles on my car, I get the same thing in the rain....pedal goes halfway to the floor....only when it rains...work well in the dry
