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Originally Posted by macafee2
I meant if you had been driving at speed, how well can you force an auto down to first? I seem to recall they can be forced down but i dont know how it compares to a manual
macafee2
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I can't answer the specific question about an auto box but something I was told many decades ago to slow down if the brakes fail was to simply turn the ignition off - obviously without setting the steering lock.
The physics is that there is no power stroke so you are using all of the engine compression to slow down.
Fortunately I've never had to try it out
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Any thoughts on whether this would actually work?