Max Heim wrote:
> on 10/7/03 7:37 AM, Lou G at lgalper1@cox.net wrote:
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>>One sobering thought I recently read was that your car could splash through
>>a big puddle on your first outing with your new rotors, or as they
>>stated "on your way home from the new car dealer" and you would have
>>warped rotors !
>>
>>Lou
>>64 B
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> Yeah, if you had just been hard on the brakes and they were fully heated
> up... another good reason not use full braking power routinely on the street
> (we've all seen these idiots who scream up to red lights and brake at the
> last possible instant, trusting their admittedly robust braking systems by
> pushing them to the limit).
Another aspect of that bad habit: I'm driving down the thoroughfare and
somebody roars up to the stop sign on a cross-street. Not knowing if
this idiot is going to stop, I slow down so I can miss him if he doesn't
stop. This means he has to wait longer to enter the main street, since
it takes me longer to get past and out of the way. So, the habit is not
only stupid, it takes him longer than if he had approached the stop sign
in a manner that signaled his intention to stop, so it's counterproductive.
-Rock http://www.rocky-frisco.com
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