Posted mostly verbatim and almost without editorial comment, a few excerpts from the personal blog of DRIVEN contributor Marcus (thehandof)Tamm, describing an accidental crosstown drive sans brakes in his beloved 2003 Volkswagen Jetta, appropriately coloured ‘reflex silver’:
“Taking greater care to prepare for stops well in advance, I found that attention to down-shifting, coupled with the approximately five per cent of braking power I still had, made enough margin for me to come to a near-stop nine times out of 10.”
