YouTube foreign guy try's a handbrake turn....

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YouTube foreign guy try's a handbrake turn....

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We all know about the 406's handbrake :roll:

Well here's why you should never atempt a hand brake turn in one ......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8kbojcR ... re=related
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Re: YouTube foreign guy try's a handbrake turn....

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hahaha what a pillock! Perhaps he should have learned the basics of how to do them (such as unbalancing the car in a turn FIRST) before understeering into a wall :lol:
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Re: YouTube foreign guy try's a handbrake turn....

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What a useless handbrake in the 406. My dad was giving out to me for driving too fast last night and i said ''at least you can't accuse me of doing handbrake turns'' :lol: :lol:

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I tried it in the local supermarket car park when we had the snow, thinking the missus will never notice 8)
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If the handbrakes had worked he'd have slid backwards into the wall instead. Not his car perhaps...

At my D9's last MOT I was chuffed to see it jump off the rollers when the tester put the handbrake on 8) (Handbrake lever now has 8 clicks and counting :roll: :lol: )
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Oh dear oh dear :roll:
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Yes, I've heard of these 'handbrakes'. I must see if I can install one...
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I have an idea for you :cheesy:
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Funnily enough, I know where I can get hold of one of those...
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Re: YouTube foreign guy try's a handbrake turn....

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They must have had a new clutch ready to put into the citroen straight after the towing was done :lol: :lol: :lol:
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