In terms of needing brakes, many people don't realize that if they take their foot off the accelerator, the vehicle slows down, and ultimately stops.
In terms of me needing brakes, two deer this (last?) year trotted out in front of me. One, kept moving, and hitting my brakes hard, I missed him by an inch. 65 mph.
The other just stopped right in front of me. 35 or 40 mph. By the time I got on the brakes I had already hit him. Maybe got half my speed off. No damage to the car but I didn't stop to check his legs.
But my dangerous old worn out brakes worked as best as any could, once I got on them.
Lane splitting (so called in California, lane sharing elsewhere) is legal in California. Too many people come from out of state and don't know that. It is safer than being rear ended by some idiot diddling with their telephone. It's dangerous, and takes special skills, but not as dangerous as being rear ended. It's not unusual to have out of staters (out of California) argue against it, so I'm glad to not see that here. Utah has adopted last year some limited lane splitting. Not the smart part of it, but at least some, and what would you expect. This is ... Utah.
I have ordered a compression tester, I couldn't find mine, I may have left it in Los Angeles. Also Chilton book, I got it, and Haynes book, oil filter and some misc. parts. And a trans dip stick. I'm still trying to figure out if the a/t filter has a round or oval hote.
I'm looking for HOAT coolant. Prestone says 'all vehicles'. I'm not ready to go with that.
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