Driving on the interstate with 18 wheelers and crazy drivers. I don’t fly anymore after working in aviation for 9 yrs.
Waking up while driving. Sharks, pit bulls, rottweilers, black widows, alligators, wild hogs, and crazy people.
Was the pit bull wearing rubberized booties? Maybe the pit bull had no connection to ground? Maybe police have to tase hundreds of pit bulls daily, so after a few years, the breed becomes taser resistant? We have MRSA, so do we now have TRPB? Or maybe the pit bull has been tased a few times already, so it developed immunity?
Downshift to slow the car down and use the parking brake (though it will cause rear wheel skids at high speeds, something not for novices, use it to come to a full stop when you are already slowed down).
If you drive a standard then you should have experience with downshifting, if you drive an automatic then practice it, dropping 1-2 gears at a time.
Not good for the engine long term to use excessively but in an emergency situation it can save your life.
That reminds me of someone who was interviewed after a natural disaster. They said the scariest thing was when a person showed up and said "I'm from the government and I'm here to help".
Thats an exceptional case, a highly modified car that had a failure due to one of its modifications.
Though interesting that downshifting did nothing (plus proving its not a CVT), if a brake fire instantly burned the valves leading to no engine compression thats even more unusual. Even igniting a fuel line should not have killed engine compression that quickly.
Plus there should be two systems, one front one rear brakes. And the e-brake should have worked assuming its a cable on the rear wheels like most cars. But being an Audi it could be a lock on the front wheels and not cabled hence disabled.