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Originally Posted by Bugeater
If you're going highway speeds, your brakes will heat up very quickly and cause the brake fluid to boil which at that point they fail. It's different when you're standing still and lock the brakes up and hit the gas because there is no friction to heat up the brakes.
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Exactly, plus you also have the forward momentum of the car,mass, along with a lock up torque converter, that basically turns it into direct drive, when it locks up.
When it is stopped, you have the "stall" of the torque converter.