if the brake hose touches anything at any stage of the wheel rotation when steering forces are applied. Standard hose will wear if it touches moving parts and so will braided hose, just takes a little longer for the catastrophic failure to occur. Well i guess the real positive of the braided hoses has to be longevity ? Surely they got some miles in them !! The pedal being harder is something id also prefer as i can be a little mad under braking so really was lucky where mine went on me.. i fear now though il always have a small mental block wondering if that pedals working :P There are dual brake circuits so the brakes should work enough to avoid disaster but it is a shock when it happens. I had a pipe burst on my 155 when I was descending a motorway ramp to the roundabout at 77mph ... I thought it was undrivable but my mechanic who had just replaced the pipe (and cocked it up) came out and drove the car 15 miles back to his garage you have much longer than usual/expected pedal travel but they do still ultimately work. Well i briefly spoke to my mechanic about it and he said to me that a good driver will feel a mild difference - but mild at best and said that they dont even last alot longer than standard - just that the braided ones will of course work more efficiently over time