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Originally Posted by Jeff9962
The single most annoying thing about watching that show was his brake test. Let me go flat spot a set of tires to see if the brakes work, brilliant! I'm old enough that I've owned 4 wheel drum brake cars so I understand the concept of actually having to adjust brakes and that's not how you check them.
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Although you can adjust the brakes by checking for the proper rotation drag on each wheel, doing a 'brake check' as Dan does also checks the proportioning valve operation if the car has one.
Plus, the 'brake checks' I've see Dan due are NOT from 100mph, but from a 30-40mph speed.
What DOES concern me though is when they show Dan doing his brake or acceleration tests on what appears to be a public road even though the road appears to be a side road in an 'industrial' area and not one in a residential area.
It'd be nice if he can find an abandoned or deserted road for his tests especially if/when something goes wrong.
There have been a few times when the brakes have not performed correctly and they have almost slid past a stop sign into traffic. Ooops.