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Originally Posted by ridsama
That's what I read too from a google search, but why though? It's not like I purposely keep stepping on the brakes after engine is off...
My friends with Subarus told me that the brakes do get stiff if they keep stepping on them when the engine is off, so I assume that part is normal.
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Yes it's normal - vacuum assist will do that. In fact, if you have a 135i, you'll notice a couple of little cannisters towards the passenger front of the engine bay, vacuum accumulators (needed with a boosted engine).
You think the brake pedal is fun with no assist, you shoulda driven a car, where the windshield wipers ran off vacuum, in the rain (and go up a fairly steep hill and try to maintain speed as the wipers s-l--o---w
d----o-----w------n. ; -).