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		shayief 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In New York City, congestion pricing leads to mark... 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).

kjkjadksj 19 days ago | [–]

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.

bob1029 18 days ago | [–]

Brake wear scales ~quadratically with vehicle speed. Applying them at 5mph vs 20mph is 16x less energy to burn off.

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