yoonny

1. Do you wear out brakes and rotors simply by engaging the parking brakes a) flat surface and b) uphill/downhill?

2. And applying brakes at a stop?

Jens H.

No

Jens

scalbert

Only if you forget to disengage the parking brake before driving the vehicle.

ChadT

The only thing you mention that could be potentially harmful is holding the brake at a stop after they have been heated up by a long stop. The portion of the rotor that is under the brake pads will cool at a different rate than the rest of the rotor and they can warp. If I know I have heated my brakes I try to come to a stop as gradually as possible and avoid having to hold the brakes on without the wheels moving for very long.

Gabo3k

Hey Jens. Off the topic, I heard Alfa Romeo is coming to America in a few years.

You in?

dallison

riding brakes is bad o yeah slamming on em at 110 will warp your factory rotors