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A little long , but please read .., for the ones I care about .
2:30 am in the morning , 4" of wet fresh snow , the roads are packed and look like a mirror .
On my way to work , I stop at McDonalds for a double cheese burger , fries and a coke .. yes I am hungry at that time , and they are open 24 hours .
I hit the brakes , not any harder than usual , and I hear POP and the pedal goes to the floor , now I know the brakes have just quit . :shock: :shock:
Talk about unexpected , in the 31 years I have been driving .. I have never blew a line .
I know I don't want to crawl under this car in the wet snow and hunt for the culprit .
I took it to a shop , not knowing what it really was , I did not care , I just want my baby fixed .
Any other time I would fix it , but working 12.5 hours a day and my weekends off , I don't have time , especially with 1 hour of daylight , after work .
SO.. It was the drivers side front that let go , of course the hardest one .
repaired and all bled ..$40.00 :shock: :shock:
I said is that all , you are kidding me , I gave him $50 and said I really appreciated fixing it on short notice , and having it done when I got off work .
I made a appointment for Monday to have the others done , I am not going to take another chance .
I drive too many miles , and the wife was just with me last night when we went out to eat , it could have happened then , like 4 miles earlier :shock:
So I say to you my Festiva family and friends here , if you have a questionable brake lines , don't wait till it is too late .
I can't imagine what it would have been like at highway speeds and a car pulling out in front of me , it would have been over !!!
2:30 am in the morning , 4" of wet fresh snow , the roads are packed and look like a mirror .
On my way to work , I stop at McDonalds for a double cheese burger , fries and a coke .. yes I am hungry at that time , and they are open 24 hours .
I hit the brakes , not any harder than usual , and I hear POP and the pedal goes to the floor , now I know the brakes have just quit . :shock: :shock:
Talk about unexpected , in the 31 years I have been driving .. I have never blew a line .
I know I don't want to crawl under this car in the wet snow and hunt for the culprit .
I took it to a shop , not knowing what it really was , I did not care , I just want my baby fixed .
Any other time I would fix it , but working 12.5 hours a day and my weekends off , I don't have time , especially with 1 hour of daylight , after work .
SO.. It was the drivers side front that let go , of course the hardest one .
repaired and all bled ..$40.00 :shock: :shock:
I said is that all , you are kidding me , I gave him $50 and said I really appreciated fixing it on short notice , and having it done when I got off work .
I made a appointment for Monday to have the others done , I am not going to take another chance .
I drive too many miles , and the wife was just with me last night when we went out to eat , it could have happened then , like 4 miles earlier :shock:
So I say to you my Festiva family and friends here , if you have a questionable brake lines , don't wait till it is too late .
I can't imagine what it would have been like at highway speeds and a car pulling out in front of me , it would have been over !!!
It's a good thing you don't read the stickies, you might of learned something.
Poverty produces creativity
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