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14 messages, Last post on Feb 02, 2009 at 10:27 AM
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Hi, I am totally new to this. I am planning on buying a new CIvic this week. (I went to a Mazda after having a Civic for 13 years and was dissapointed). I am trying to figure out what model I want. I am super hard on brakes. I drive fast and ride my brakes. I can't seem to figure out if drum brakes of disc brakes are going to last longer. Does anyone have any insight? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
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Replying to: tanyasue (Nov 28, 2007 6:59 am) Almost all but the cheapest vehicles will also have disc brakes in the rear. Rear brakes do less actual braking (vehicle weight shifts to the front), therefore could be drum. Rear brakes also have to have a parking brake capability (manual cable), which you can do easily with a drum brake. When you put a disc brake in the rear, it actually has both a disc caliper for normal hydraulic fluid stopping, and a small set of drum shoes for the parking brake. Because of this, rear disc brakes are more expensive than rear drums, and aren't used in the cheaper vehicles. Your driving style driving fast and riding your brakes (for some very bad reason), I would definitely insist on a model with disc brakes all around.
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Replying to: tanyasue (Nov 28, 2007 6:59 am) Best Regards, Shipo |
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Replying to: kiawah (Nov 28, 2007 7:40 am)
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Replying to: tanyasue (Nov 28, 2007 8:25 am)
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Replying to: cz75 (Nov 28, 2007 3:16 pm)
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Replying to: tanyasue (Nov 29, 2007 5:14 am) Probably because it's the driver that controls the speed and the intensity of the gear change/clutch engagement. When asking for a change (begging sometimes) from the control circuitry in an automatic, it puts your request in the queue and then decides for itself what to do and how to do it.  Best Regards, Shipo |
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i have a 07 civic si... i got 3 questionsa to ask.. 1. the problem about the rear tires are for 06 only orfor 07's too? 2. my car ALWAYS skids in snow even tho im rele careful drivin.. do i just need snow tires or theres a problem with the car..the abs always kick in.. 3. im considering buyin a set of 16's steel wheel from an 07 ex with snow tires just for winter.. would it fit 07 si sedan? i think they have same bolt pattern but i dunno bout the offset, width stuff like that... need help..
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Replying to: warshocked2 (Jan 31, 2009 11:08 pm) 2) Mine doesn't, but I have VSA on my 07 and I have very good A/S tires with decent tread left (around half). It did handle better last winter when I had full tread. Check your tread depth and make sure you buy a quality A/S tire. The OEM Michelins are awful. 3) It should work, but try tirerack.com to see what they say fits because I'm thinking that it will be the offset that determines if the wheels fit, not the diameter difference. I recall the old RSX-S put 16" wheels over 11.8" diameter rotors like we use; in fact, the RSX-S has identical front brake rotors and pads to the Si.
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Replying to: cz75 (Feb 02, 2009 9:27 am) |
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