Re: Snow, no brakes...Dam***, Snow sux...

[Timothy A Reed <t.a.reed.esq@juno.com>]

A similar story to how I lost my BMW 320 (except I was on a bridge with
no place I could go, and, just to make things "fun", I had worn the pads
on the front left down to the metal.); eventually the loss of that car
led to the purchase of my rocco. :)

-Timothy A Reed, Esq.
t.a.reed.esq@juno.com
Moses approached the thick darkness where God was
Exodus 20:21


On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 17:55:36 -0800 T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com> writes:

> The GTI I pulled my current motor from did some weird stuff, I think it
> would slurp air in to the lines on hard turns. No matter how may times
I
> bled the system eventually it would get a bubble back in there.
> 
> Highway 101 Northbound, 60 MPH appox exiting to the right. (Of course
> the shrubs obscure the twenty cars waiting inline, backed up on the
offramp).
> 
> Foot to brake pedal and it goes down waaaay too far, 'Pump!', 'Pump!'
> some pressure comes back.
> 
> Front Right & Rear Left lock up as I seek to avoid the impending bumper
> fast approaching out the front window. 
> 
> Rear brakes don't have enough time left so I careen to the right side,
> onto the shoulder gravel and come to a stop two cars up from were I
> would have, on a good day.
> 
> 1st car at the end of the line is wide eyed as I pass him up, second
car
> from the end is a 944 and as traffic gets going, he sticks his head out
> the sun roof to ask if I'm OK, because I'm out of the car & busy
kicking
> the tar out of the tire by now in my frustration (and fear) with a post
> near collision situation.
> 
> "I take care of you!, huff, huff. Dammit!"
> 
> TBerk
> Glad you're OK.  You guys out there in snow country be careful.
> 
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