Disk brakes and local driving habits

[aupickup]

well if i were any more south i would be in the channel

[woo]

Certainly not!!!!! icon_eek.gif It's a different country!!!! icon_cool.gif I just wondered if it counted as north or south of the British Isles.

Well I guess that if it counted as south of the British Isles Wales would be in France. Which would probably work since both countries have an enormous national pride, an incomprehensible language and a dislike of the English.

Before I am labled xenophobic I would like to ad that some of my 'best friends' are Welsh. France, with the exception of the clearly different Morris Minor owners, can look after itself

[Kevin]

well if i were any more south i would be in the channel

Come of it Dennis you are at least a hundred yards or so from the sea

[aupickup]

[wibble_puppy]

two words, aupickup:

"coastal" "erosion".

[aupickup]

is actually quicker for me to go to the northen france rally

[Judge]

Two more words "salt" "steel"

[aupickup]

= rust and corrosion

[Judge]

Normally, but your van doesn't look rusty or corroded

[aupickup]

well actually pretty good.
all the body panels are original and never been welded or patched.
the chassis is really like new as is the inside.
when i bought the van it had only done 37000 original miles.
however now has a 1275 and disc brakes.
the gpo ladder rack was put on by the first owner some where around 1968 to 1972 when it went into a dry barn and was left until 1992

[Kevin]

Did you manage to get the clutch done OK Dennis.

[edjones]

Need another option, something like....

"I live oop North and my Minor has disk brakes but they were fitted by the previous owner and I wouldn't have bothered personally"

[aupickup]

hopefully this weekend for the clutch, have been to busy at work

[wibble_puppy]

good luck with it, dude

[Willie]

OK, I fitted my new disc kit yesterday and it is a different world, it is going to
take me a long time to remember that I no longer have to change down to
save using the brakes until the last minute! They are excellent and my gear-
box will last twice as long!

[pskipper]

Anymore voters out there? There is a clear North South divide developing theory proved perhaps?

[Ratbag]

On raising the question about plumbing in disk brakes the same old arguement was started again!

However I noticed the 'don't bother with disk brakes' comments came from up North! Having lived up North and down South I've always found the driving up north less stressful and with fewer "slam the brakes on now, some moron just cut me up" type moments!

As a result I am wondering whether these people are advocating the drum brakes because they don't understand just how hairy it can be driving a minor down south with the rush rush rush attitude of people.

Help me bury the disk brake arguement for once an for all (I hope) by proving that disk brakes are necessary for southern driving!

Discs have other qualities too...

Stopping just once/twice hard from town speeds of 30MPH in a light car like the Minor, on std tyres, with everthing in good order, there will be little difference. However, drums need constant adjustment to keep them in top order, discs don't. Discs also won't let you down when fording deep water ('try your brakes'). Servoed discs however, raise the spectre of loss of braking advantage if the engine dies.
All this from converting my Wolseley Hornet from drums to (unservoed) discs.

Phil.

[cliff]

we picked our car up in central london on a sunday, how the car has managed all these years i'll never know, green light foot to the floor, red light stamp on the brake !!
i'm glad to be back in devon where i consider driving to be normal in comparison.
i voted to keep the drums but they do take a bit of getting used to.
then when i get back into the fiesta the first couple of brakes are violent !

[Judge]

No wonder we see no-one from the north down south, there's only three up there

[aupickup]

have just borrowed a car with standard set up brakes UGHHHH

i will choose servo discs

i am down souith