Happy New Years.... WORST NEW YEARS OF MY LIFE! but hey it can only get better right
Originally Posted by IS300TOG35
Thats scary, my brakes don't even work in the rain becuase Im running project mu-bforce pads that dont do **** unless I really warm them up. Ive had to ebrake a few times to avoid hitting ppl cutting me off. (this has happened twice).
Your-Ebrake uses your brake pads to stop too... but it only uses the rear ones, and you don't have any brake assist with it. I can't really fathom how using your E-brake would stop you better than using your regular brakes if the problem is indeed your pads/rotors. It sounds to me like you may have a problem with your master cylinder or something else to do with brake fluid/pressure. Either that or just a placebo effect that you have developed with the E-Brake.
Klumzyee- so sorry to here about your accident. My deepest sympathies go out to you. I truly hope that things work out for the best. Just take it one day at a time and be thankful that you're alive.
Take care.
Take care.
Originally Posted by partyman66
Not to steer the topic off of the initial course.. but why would you E-brake to get out of this situation?
Your-Ebrake uses your brake pads to stop too... but it only uses the rear ones, and you don't have any brake assist with it. I can't really fathom how using your E-brake would stop you better than using your regular brakes if the problem is indeed your pads/rotors. It sounds to me like you may have a problem with your master cylinder or something else to do with brake fluid/pressure. Either that or just a placebo effect that you have developed with the E-Brake.
Your-Ebrake uses your brake pads to stop too... but it only uses the rear ones, and you don't have any brake assist with it. I can't really fathom how using your E-brake would stop you better than using your regular brakes if the problem is indeed your pads/rotors. It sounds to me like you may have a problem with your master cylinder or something else to do with brake fluid/pressure. Either that or just a placebo effect that you have developed with the E-Brake.
Eric what can I say? I feel your pain. Don't get it fix just get it totaled and move on. Damn man and you just had the car painted and put together just recently. Take it easy chief a car can be replaced.
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Wow, that is depressing. I'm glad to here your OK. It sounds like the car did a good job of protecting you. That was quite a sequence of events.
Hopefully there is an exciting set of wheels in your future.
Hopefully there is an exciting set of wheels in your future.
Originally Posted by achen
damn... that sucks man. If you can, take as many of those plastic push-clips as you can.
it is going to be totalled for sure!
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Originally Posted by Klumzyee
oh trust me, its NOT fixable.. the driver side door CANNOT open.. my camera phone doesnt do justice.. also the whole 1/4 panel has gone into the trunk, i had coolant, brake fluid, transfluid, engien oil, gas, you name it... all 3 towel truck guys agreed that its totalled.
1 light post, 1 small tree, two vans, and a corolla =\ im fine tho gona head out and try to finish off this year with a smile =\
1 light post, 1 small tree, two vans, and a corolla =\ im fine tho gona head out and try to finish off this year with a smile =\
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No way that's repairable. My Z was totalled and had a hell of a lot LESS damage than that. I only hit one side, no air bags deployed, the car still drove and wasn't leaking any fluids, and it was totalled.
Check out the damage to mine for reference.
http://www.my350z.com/forum/showthread.php?t=146323
Check out the damage to mine for reference.
http://www.my350z.com/forum/showthread.php?t=146323
Daaayyaammm.... Glad to hear you're ok. That's crazy. Good Luck dealing with the insurance company. I hope they total it, because it would never be the same if fixed.
Good Luck man. Keep up the good spirits!
Good Luck man. Keep up the good spirits!
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Originally Posted by Klumzyee
oh trust me, its NOT fixable.. the driver side door CANNOT open.. my camera phone doesnt do justice.. also the whole 1/4 panel has gone into the trunk, i had coolant, brake fluid, transfluid, engien oil, gas, you name it... all 3 towel truck guys agreed that its totalled.
1 light post, 1 small tree, two vans, and a corolla =\ im fine tho gona head out and try to finish off this year with a smile =\
1 light post, 1 small tree, two vans, and a corolla =\ im fine tho gona head out and try to finish off this year with a smile =\
Thank God you're ok...that's the main thing...
'06 is a new year, so you'll also have a new ride.....
Keep your chin up.
Colin