We hooked everything up today for a “drive run” before take off on Sunday. Drove the Focus up to the dual tow arms on the hitch on the motorhome and connected it to the tow bar on the “bullets” on the car. Plugged the 7 to 6 wiring umbilical cable in to both vehicles. Plugged in the “breakaway” safety cable from the motorhome to a trigger release slide on the car. Clamped both safety cables (crossed) to both vehicles and then installed the RVI 3 Brake system inside the car. This system is a box with a jaw that presses down on the brake pedal for stopping the car when the motorhome brakes.It’s computer driven so it talks you through the setup process and even reminded us to plug in the breakaway cable pin, too. It wouldn’t allow us to leave without doing that!

Next, we put the car in neutral, let down on the emergency brake, and I sat in the passenger seat while Ken slowly drove both vehicles down the hill in the storage lot. I can tell you that it was a very uneasy feeling seeing the car’s steering wheel turning on its own. But, when Ken came to a definite braking stop, I heard the pneumatic type sound of a whish where the Focus’ brakes were also applied. Good! So, I got out of the car because I did not think it was safe for me to ride in it this way.

We traveled around for about 20 minutes and found no issues at all. All lights functioning well. There’s a key part that comes with the brake system that will be arriving later, which is a dedicated wireless tablet which pairs with this unit only (wifi), and will give us much more feedback as to how the brakes are doing on the car. This is a brand new model so it will be another week before we get it.