But because of lower fuel and brake-maintenance expenses, UPS could recoup that added cost within three years, he said.
Fans blow conch shells, bang out a rhythm on steel brake-drums, and tote all-day liquid picnics of cold beer and rum.
As soon as I touch the brake pedal -- better late than never -- the car's brake-assist tugs them on at max effort.
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In 2004 Mercedes-Benz faced customers complaints that its Sensotronic brake-by-wire system - which used an electrical link to control vehicles' brake pads - sometimes failed.
Both cars can be equipped with optional torque vectoring, a brake-based system built to augment the mechanically locking rear differential and help put power to the ground.
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Failure to illuminate the brake lights or disengage cruise control could increase the risk of a crash, while disabling the brake-transmission interlock could result in the vehicle rolling away, it added.
Plaintiff lawyers seem to have anticipated its findings and switched their strategy recently to focus not on unintended acceleration but the lack of a brake-override device to prevent it from happening for whatever cause.
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"Additionally, a malfunctioning stop lamp switch may also result in intermittent operation of the push-button start feature, affect the operation of the brake-transmission shift interlock feature, preventing the shifter from being moved out of the park position and cause the Electronic Stability Control (ESC) malfunction light to illuminate, " stated NHTSA documents.
"Some of it was tyre pressures but I think, brake bias-wise I was in the wrong place so I was overheating the rears - it was a problem in Turn Six and Turn 11, " said the defending world champion.
The large wheels also create the necessary space for installing the BRABUS high-performance brake system with 12-piston aluminum fixed calipers and 380 x 36-mm (15.0 x 1.42 inches) vented and cross-drilled discs in front, and 355 x 28-mm (14.0 x 1.1 inches) discs and six-piston aluminum fixed calipers on the rear axle.
Novartis is embracing a generic-drug market that has ballooned in the past few years as health-care providers have sought to put a brake on the ever-rising costs of treatment.
The 2008 Ford Focus will use high-strength aluminum to replace steel in front-brake calipers.
Stanley invented a double-brake system using two brake shoes supported by springs that clamp down on a disc.
This is another of those hand-brake turns from the Bush route to the new course set by Obama.
That puts a bit of a brake on over-delegation in the first place, and in combination with the Sen.
Scrub wheels and tires using a stiff bristle brush, and a proprietary wheel-cleaning product if necessary, to remove dirt, grease and disc-brake powder.
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Did your 240 have that problem with the sticky parking-brake cable?
After turning off the jet and rocket he will deploy an air brake at 800mph, parachutes at 600mph and finally put his foot on a car-type friction brake at 250mph any faster and the brakes could explode.
Anyway, companies are desperate for some brake on annual double-digit health care cost increases.
One reason is a lack of entrepreneurial spirit, says Klaus Brake of the Berlin-based Centre for Metropolitan Studies.
One of the companies I visited was Kailing, a manufacturer of brake systems for high-end bicycles, motorcycles and passenger cars.
"They claim to be a brake on the Tories - but they are nothing of the sort - they are their accomplices, " she said.
The system allows a 1.6kWh lithium-ion battery pack, mounted behind the seats for weight distribution reasons, to be charged through a rear axle electro-hydraulic brake energy regeneration system.
Anti-locking brake systems (ABS) and immobilisers are fitted as standard on new cars, yet only 70% of drivers knew they had ABS and only 68% knew they had immobilisers.
The roofline chisels its way back to the vertical taillights, and between them, on the trailing lip of the decklid, is the high-mounted brake light doubling as a spoiler.
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Ram's heavy duty 2500 and 3500 models come with a rear-facing camera built into the center-mounted brake light behind the cab that can beam images of a trailer or the cargo in the bed into the truck's dashboard screen.
One common example: A plaintiff sues manufacturers of asbestos-containing brake pads without disclosing that he has already collected tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars from trusts representing bankrupt producers of construction products on the theory that he was exposed to asbestos on construction sites.
To make this work, regular controls had to be replaced with drive-by-wire, and the accelerator, steering wheel and brake are gone in favor of an aerospace-type yoke that (as in a Segway), is moved forward to move the vehicle forward, and back for reversing.
In the final seconds, Pan pulled a hand-operated emergency brake.
Braking is straight and secure with minimal front-end dive and brake fade in hard stopping situations.
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