Are we saying that’s a problem? Because I’m not seeing it. You’ve proven yourself to be willing to endanger anyone in your selfish little rampage trying not to get caught. Then when you do finally wreck, you STILL don’t comply. At that point, they get to do what their training says...keep hitting you until you do. But…

OK I forget sometimes how low large vessels move but I guess slowing isn’t as hard as I’d tend to think, with a large vessel...I supposed it’s only the constant application of power that keeps it moving at speed, inertia doesn’t carry you too far with water resistance factored in I guess? And I suppose slowing is one…

True enough, but they CAN mean ability to use a larger pad with more evenly distributed piston pressure, which does have some bearing on braking effectiveness and feel...My view on the whole aftermarket/upgrade brakes is this:

Not even. See a lotta “Men’s Spas” too. I’m thinking a lot of soap gets dropped there...

That kinda makes sense...

What the hell is WRONG with you, weirdo? Why can’t you just be an environment destroying fatass with heart disease like the rest of us? Huh? Anyway, here’s a car. Don’t let us catch you doing that again...

I have no really relevant comment. But for some reason it made me think...as I drive through the Midwest, in the vast expanses between large cities, I always see those shops right along the exits, in the middle of nowhere, that sell “dirty movies”...and there is usually a car or two, maybe a semi...and I always think…

Once a long time ago I was reading about the airlift we did during WWII over “the Hump” (the Himalaya mountains) as a kind of back-door way of getting things into the China side of the war without having to deal with Japanese subs and surface ships in the Pacific. These guys were some seriously ballsy pilots, flying…

Sometimes, despite the best equipment and procedures, you are going to have a “perfect storm” of inattention or mistakes on the part of both sides, and shit happens. It will be interesting to see what plays out here. I don’t know much at all about “rules of the road” for vessels at sea, my thing is aircraft accidents.…

Yeah like I said I know they had a bulletproof rep in a lot of places and maybe it was something to do with how and where they were built for us. But they had some issues, fires, like I mentioned seemed to be a big one...always wondered what that was about. Of course it has to be said that even BMWs were problematic…

Oof, yeah you gotta have the right valving. I don’t know how old you are or what all you’ve worked on, but I had a ‘79 Diesel Rabbit way back ago, and it had an interesting “poor man’s ABS” since ABS wasn’t even around yet....it was a hydraulic valve in the rear brake line, attached to the body of the car, that had a…

Yeah I don’t race but I like to throw my cars around. I have been pretty happy with DOT4 syn and the warehouse I work at carries Powerstop OE replacement ceramic, which I’ve found I like better than the others we carry. And they are cheap, as pads go, I pay 1% over cost but we sell them out the door for $29...they…

Many people think their brakes are weak and need an upgrade. Many people are also driving around on OEM brakes that aren’t working right. Bad thing about the split-diagonal setup on FWD cars is that by design, it is tough to even tell when there’s a problem, much less where its coming from if you are perceptive enough…

Oh damn. Yeah there were some issues that were common, but if you knew about them and got ahead of them not a big deal. I bought mine certified used when it was 2 years old, a former rental fleet car. It had already had the LIM gaskets done under the warranty, but they used the GM replacement set that wasn’t much…

That Premier was SUCH a mutt. A sign of things to come. Seemed odd at the time. French engine, German ZF tranny, body built in Canada, and sold by Chrysler Corp. Lotta hands in it.

Yup, I had a ‘92 Premier. That’s where I know that engine from. It was also the standard motor in USA-bound 505's for the last couple of years we had them. Been used in other cars too, that’s why it’s called the PRV (Peugeot, Renault, Volvo). I’ve seen it in a Volvo model here, but a long time ago, and I don’t…

Here’s the deal, I bet. There has been a few high-profile full-loss accidents where everybody aboard got killed after a problem with a single engine. And sadly, many of them in Asian airlines. Why? Because the pilots shut down the wrong engine. Why does that happen? It goes back to some issues with the culture around…

Well I felt a little bad because I sounded like I was totally trashing it. And I was. But I did think it was a nice-looking car, and the ones I had an opportunity to drive or ride in seemed to drive and ride real nice, and had a nice interior, understated but comfy. Most of them I remember had either some form of…

When the 505 showed up here, I worked at a shop that had kinda upscale customers, in a more affluent part of town. And they would buy stuff like that, because it was one way to be different, to be trendy, to impress the neighbors with how much money you could spend on an untested POS European car that cost a fortune…

All I remember of them was that they seemed really chintzy and tinny in a way even Japanese cars weren’t anymore, and the one example I ever worked on in the shop needed a starter...which necessitated removal of a CV shaft. Which was not a big deal, except you just shouldn’t have to do that replace a starter. Unless…