Only one EV charger at home?!

You did it again.

You have to post, at the same time, to three groups in a single post. If you don't, there are people that will not see your post.

alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, sci.electronics.design

AFAIK, that is forbidden here.

If he's posting through Google Groups, they don't give him any choice. He can only post to the newsgroup where he's reading.

That's normal for most cars, using vacuum servos to assist the existing brake master cylinder. Citroens are different (they seem to like to be weird), using a hydraulic pump to power the brakes (it also powers the power steering and the rising and falling suspension), with a small accumulator. Once that accumulator is emptied, not only is there no assistance, but there are no brakes at all.

But not some Citroens, where everything is hydraulically driven and not just assisted. A few presses and the brakes give up completely.

Yes, when running low on petrol, I once coasted for a number of miles coming down from the Pennines. The car did not have power steering, so that did not get harder, but the brakes took a lot of effort.

In the UK, manual driving school cars usually have a brake and clutch on the passenger side and the instructor is trained in methods to grab the wheel, while knocking the pupil's hand away from the wheel (two different moves, depending upon which way the instructor needs to steer).

Anyone with a licence that they have had for at least 3 years and being over 21, can instruct a learner in a normal, unmodified car. The learner can take the test in an unmodified car, but most use their instructor's driving school car.

Yes.

My instructor died doing that. He saved the life of the student, pulling the steering wheel and avoiding crashing against an incoming car, but crashed into a lamppost instead (at the pavement on the right side of the street). He entered the hospital on his own foot, but died hours later of internal injuries. Ruptured liver, I think.

He did not appear at the agreed place to collect me for the class. I went back home, somewhat fuming, then phoned the driving school asking why he did not appear. He is dead, they said.

Blaam! Bummer.

The have a sensor on the pedals. If the instructor has to use the pedals during the exam, a beeper sounds and the student is failed immediately.

Ow :-(

I've been in that situation a couple of times before dual systems became standard. Even with a dual system after a porcupine chewed through a brake hose going to the front caliper I found the rear brakes on a F150 don't do much in the way of stopping.

It's hard to find apples to apples comparisons. For example the new Civics are only AT and the sportier Civic Si is only MT.

Ever drive a car with mechanical brakes? It's a good thing they could go all that fast.

When I was looking for a car in the early '70s I briefly considered a DS. Then my engineering mind totaled up how many strange and wondrous things could go wrong.

I wound up buying an Audi. It had its share of problems as VW tried to figure out how to build cars with the engine and transmission on the wrong end.

Our 1952 Hudson Wasp had, iirc, both hydraulic and mechanical brakes connected to the brake pedal. I don't know any details of how it worked.

If the windows are intact they aren't running the 100% off sales (aka five finger discount).

It's a co-op so members get 10% back on purchases. At least they used to be really good on returns. I went in once to ask if they knew a shoemaker who could repair a seam in my boot. Since it was their store brand they replaced it even though the boots had a lot of miles on them. They were never cheap and tended to carry high end products but I'd rather rather buy quality once than Walmart crap three times.

All that said if they want to be political that's their right. There are several other sporting goods stores in town that are content to sell merchandise and not make statements.

They did fine with the Golf.

Toyota Yaris. I look on it as the cultural heir to the original Mini unlike the over-priced reincarnation. Cheap, FWD, transverse engine that runs like a scalded cat (for it's size)

We have our share of mentally challenged whites.

Why? Despite all the TV dramas a day in the life of most cops is boring routine. The smart ones move up in the ranks but you still need the rank and file. In any case IQ doesn't correlate well with dealing with people.

I saw that googling around, the Zero. Decades ago I hung around with some people who raced a Seven and they fascinated me. I'm a little long in the tooth to undertake building a kit car and I have the bikes if I want the thrill of bugs in my teeth and the aroma of rotting deer carcasses.

My Hyundai Gretz isnt big enough to sleep in even with the entire back seat removed and its only a to pins to get the entire back seat out.

Not sure about the passenger seat removed as well, but its considerably harder to remove.