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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by hx87 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:55AM (#12978528)
> You can disengage a manual if you're quick with an intact clutch cable, but you're a bit lost in an automatic, especially if it's too powerful to hold on the brake.

The typical car has brakes that can dissipate 4x the engine power, so either the driver failed to press hard enough or the brakes failed in that case.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by 3poundkilograms on Monday November 21, 2016 @04:48AM (#13004242)
I suspect that your brakes will seize very quickly if you try to battle your engine at full power.
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