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Old 04-13-2002, 11:50 PM
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Originally posted by EverclearAtMSU


I know exactly what you mean! I've been doing the same thing w/ some luck. I asked my dealer about it and he said since they are semi metalic they will do them when they get wet...which is semi true, when they aren't wet they dont squeek as much. Hmm, how about the breaking system used on those hybrid cars? They use electrical resistance on motors to stop the car. and stoping actuall generates electricity to charge the system. I'd never drive one at this point in time, but they do have some good ideas.
They still have brakes at the wheels, the resistance from the regenerative stopping is similar to dropping down a gear. That's a good thing, considering you're probably toting an extra thousand pounds in batteries...
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