The front brake failed as Kadian, from Steep, Hampshire, cycled down a hill near Marlborough.

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Stuck in second gear with a squirrelly front brake, I finally gave up all hope of a swim.

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So I drove about five miles per hour the rest of the way back to Kep, using only my front brake and sparingly at that.

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Summing up at the inquest Mr Ridley said the front brake suffered a "complete catastrophic failure" due to the pinch bolt "more likely than not being sufficiently tight" and causing the cantilever not to function at all.

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Our tester W8 wagon had a mere 9, 181 miles on the odometer when it arrived, but it clearly had warped front brake rotors, a rattle in the automatic transmission lever from overzealous shifting in the manual mode, and bushings that had already been flogged at a level equivalent to what 100, 000 miles of driving by any ordinary owner might do.

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The 2008 Ford Focus will use high-strength aluminum to replace steel in front-brake calipers.

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Braking is straight and secure with minimal front-end dive and brake fade in hard stopping situations.

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"Lewis suffered a loss of rear brake pressure, the front brakes enabled him to slow the car but he couldn't avoid the barrier, " said Mercedes on Twitter.

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Much like a mechanical limited-slip differential, torque vectoring subtly pulses the brake of the inside front wheel in a corner, directing more torque to the outside wheel, actually helping bend the car into a corner.

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Indeed, the prototype has a distance-keeping system that will brake to a standstill, and move off again when the car in front moves.

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