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Re:In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop... by kjkjadksj on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @02:00PM (#46221956)
You can get this lack of brake pad use with an ice with a manual transmission as well if you engine brake.
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Re:In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop... by shayief on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @09:57PM (#46227129)
the engine cannot brake to a complete stop, so break pads are always in use. At low RPMs, the engine is going to stall (manual) or switch to neutral (automatic).
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Re:In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop... by kjkjadksj on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @10:52PM (#46227439)
It can brake to nearly a complete stop though with the brakes basically holding the car in place at the end. I got pretty good at it.
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Re:In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop... by bob1029 on Thursday December 11, 2025 @05:27AM (#46229699)
Brake wear scales ~quadratically with vehicle speed. Applying them at 5mph vs 20mph is 16x less energy to burn off.
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