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#31
07-10-2009, 12:00 AM
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| Quote: I'm gonna go with this one. Originally Posted by STLG »
i dont see any skid marks on the road, any tire marks in the grass/rocks, or any damage to the exterior of the car. maybe this guy was just sick of his 430 and needed a good excuse to tell his wife for why he's going to buy a scud.
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#32
07-10-2009, 06:10 AM
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| Quote: Not true; carbon ceramic brakes don't need to heat up to perform well. You can get braking performance out of cold carbon ceramics that's superior to hot steel brakes. Also, after a while, steel brakes will fade; carbon ceramics don't fade like steel brakes. Originally Posted by STLG »
ceramics are only better on the track... they perform better than steel only at high temperatures.
Perhaps they wouldn't have come in handy in the situation with the kid in the street, that comment was tongue in cheek; but ceramics aren't just marginally better than steel, they're an evolution.
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#33
07-10-2009, 07:00 AM
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| Does anyone actually believe for a second that the driver made a conscious decision to not hit the kid? If it had been a deer, would he not have tried to avoid a collision?
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#34
07-10-2009, 09:28 AM
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 Quote: Definitely, it's human instinct to swerve around a kid, dog, whatever. Originally Posted by Redlinerobert »
I see kids on the side of the road all the time. And let's face it...kids will be kids. He absolutely did the right thing in swerving to avoid hitting the child. Given the same circumstances I think anyone of us would have done the same thing.
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#35
07-10-2009, 04:51 PM
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| Quote: Yea, i shouldve been clearer. After steel reaches a certain temperature, ceramic will out perform them. and yes, steels fade unlike ceramics. Originally Posted by McCoy »
Not true; carbon ceramic brakes don't need to heat up to perform well. You can get braking performance out of cold carbon ceramics that's superior to hot steel brakes. Also, after a while, steel brakes will fade; carbon ceramics don't fade like steel brakes. Perhaps they wouldn't have come in handy in the situation with the kid in the street, that comment was tongue in cheek; but ceramics aren't just marginally better than steel, they're an evolution. |
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#37
07-12-2009, 10:14 PM
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| He did the right thing doing whatever to avoid the kid. The lake thing was most likely and SOB moment for the driver. In Texas this time a year that should dry out in a couple of days. |
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