1998 Hyundai Elantra what's harder on the car?

1998 HYUNDAI ELANTRA
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GAZELE27
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1998 Hyundai Elantra Manual
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What's harder on the car: using your brakes to slow a car down while driving down a long steep hill or putting it in low gear?
Aug 6, 2008 at 3:02 PM
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BLACKOP555
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putting it in a lower gear is the best thing to do on the engine, brakes will heat up over time, and that will cause the vheicle to want to not stop as efficently anymore, causing the brake fluid to possibly boil, then you loose brake control.
Aug 6, 2008 at 3:45 PM
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