02 Jul 09 07:53, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> TW> BIG time and the used prices dropped like a rock.
 RW>> TW> Complicating the confusion between Brake and acellerator was
 RW>> that the
 RW>> TW> Pedals were at almost the SAme Lever where as on the US and lots
 RW>> of
 RW>> TW> other cars the Breke pedal is quite a bit higher off the
 RW>> floorboard.
 RW>> TW> The "fix" Audi did was to put a Spacer under
the Brake pedal to
 RW>> raise
 RW>> TW> it up. I My first Audi didn't have it and the second one I
 RW>> bought did
 RW>> TW> and I removed it as I liked the origional placement.

 RW>> One would think that with the pedal nearer the floor, if the
 RW>> mechanical assist were ever to go out, there wouldn't be any room
 RW>> for the pedal to move while you stand on it. Making it difficult to
 RW>> stop.

 TW> Actualoy according to the Laws of Hydraulics and since Brake Fluid is
 TW> a bascily a NON Compressable Liquid pedal travel has little to do
 TW> with stopping the car with NO boost. After some small amount of
 TW> mechanical slack is taken up IT is all a matter of being able to
 TW> Press the Pedal Hard enough.

It's that lack of space under the pedal which I addressed. Not that
hydraulic fluid is or isn't compressable.

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