Finally I gave up and just started putting the car in neutral and breaking.

Bad idea. Your braking force relies upon the engine's vacuum, without that you have virtually no braking - try it sometime when you're alone somewhere, you will be alarmed at how little braking you have without it. So, the rhetorical question is; what if you're engine cuts out while coast-braking?


Edited by Rue (31/01/2004 17:49)