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Hamuko 10 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Tesla used car prices keep plumetting, dips below ...

Not using the brakes isn't particularly good from a maintenance perspective since your brakes will rust and stop working.

Ekaros 10 months ago | [–]

Also they are mechanical things under pretty stressful conditions. So you need to activate them properly from time to time to have parts move as freely as they should.

adrianN 10 months ago | [–]

AFAIK cars know this and occasionally engage the friction brakes

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