My bug needed new brake pads. I go through them crazy fast, as I drive down the famous \u201cHighway 17\u201d on a daily basis and my car doesn\u2019t do any re-gen braking. This means I \u201cride the brakes\u201d the whole way down. About a month ago the car started pulling hard to the left, so I popped the front tires off and the front right pad was way worn down. I ordered a new set from CIP1 (accidentally ordering the wrong ones first\u2026) and put them on one evening 30 minutes or so before I had to go somewhere. The brakes screeched like mad for quite a while, and only now, about 200-300 miles later, are they starting to calm down. I know that this is partly because I didn\u2019t grease them well enough, but I was okay with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With fresh new brake pads I got to test them out right away at the intersection of Highway 17 and 85. I hopped onto 85 and quickly made my way into the \u201ccarpool lane\u201d and started accelerating to avoid stalling traffic, but the car in front immediately started braking hard. I had to slam on my brakes, and did it a little too hard, locking up the tires. Yeah, no anti-lock brakes and I quickly pumped them to make me stop faster, and luckily I didn\u2019t slam into the car in front of me (not even close \u2014 but I was nervous for a minute!)<\/p>\n
A few days later I\u2019m getting onto 85 again and see some long skid marks in the fast lane. Yeah, those were mine…<\/p>\n
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