The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

braking paranoia 1800

posted by  walrus3 on  Mon Apr 14 14:38 CST 2003
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Mon Dec 2 14:20 CST 2013
[RELATED]

If you are really concerned get her a wheel chock and for goodness
sakes, find her a parking place with a curb so that she CAN do standard
San Francisco parking!!
I assume that the car has drum brakes on the rear. If so, the parking
brakes should be very good.
How many cars do you know that you can operate for $500/year? That is less
than $1.50/day!! You'd have to have the mini cooper for HOW MANY years to
equal that (if ever???).

Have you yourself ever worked on the parking brake of her car? If not, why
do you think it is dangerous? Would you believe that cars made today have
brakes that are not as good as hers! Certainly I wasn't quite ready to give
out when I was 35+ years old!

Let's drop the paranoia and act on rational facts, not suppositions and
hasty generalizations! If the car is kept up it is indeed safe, probably
a LOT safer than most and certainly safer than the Geo Metro in which my
daughter Esther was almost killed in early 2000.
--
George Downs, The "original" Walrus3, Bartlesville, Oklahoma






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.