On old drum brakes, if you’re going downhill, they would advise 2 seconds of braking, 2 seconds of rolling, if engine braking wasn’t enough (which it usually wasn’t on cars that old and huge).
But yeah, that WAS fixed over 50 years ago, and you’d have to find someone who specifically hasn’t changed the brakes to something non-suicidal.
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On old drum brakes, if you’re going downhill, they would advise 2 seconds of braking, 2 seconds of rolling, if engine braking wasn’t enough (which it usually wasn’t on cars that old and huge).
But yeah, that WAS fixed over 50 years ago, and you’d have to find someone who specifically hasn’t changed the brakes to something non-suicidal.