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A brake job isn't rocket surgery.

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Don't be scurred.

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This thread delivers, like the "case" we talked about in ethics.

Your brakes go out and you can either hit one kid or 5 kids. Which do you choose.

~egon

dubi, did Wildmen get that gif from this week?

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dubi, did Wildmen get that gif from this week?

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Yep, when the 2 UT players collided on kickoff return and UCLA got the ball deep.

Wildmen posted this on Aggies Only and I "borrowed" it for this epic thread.

AO Link

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Not quite the same as all the way around. Rare is it back brakes require service (especially before fronts).

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This is how I know jimmby is a dumba*s. The back pads on my current truck ran out long before my front pads. OEM brake pads are junk as it is, but the factory puts craptastic pads on the back because they think they're not going to be handling us much of the braking load as the front. This is a misnomer, as it all depends on the vehicle and the amount/type of driving being undertaken.

Either way, brake places rip you off. If you have any mechanical capability and a friend (or even two) to help you out, do it yourself. You'll be able to afford better pads for what you'll save on installation costs.

ttt

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Your brakes go out and you can either hit one kid or 5 kids. Which do you choose.

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lol wtf?

Luv u guiz

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Your brakes go out and you can either hit one kid or 5 kids. Which do you choose.

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5.

Maximum damage so that my car gets totaled and I can get money for a new one.

blame it on the kids and the insurance cap is around 5x what it would have been with one kid.

Hmm my car passed with the abs and traction control light on. There are lots of cars that don't have abs. It's not required to stop the car. I can pump them if I want to.

My 08 F150 has air brakes. Does this apply to me too?

Bahahaha this was before I was posting. Love it. Had me laughing hard

There was a big question in Engr. Ethics about "your brakes go out and there is a split in the road. On one branch, there is a single kid playing in the street. On the other branch, 5 kids playing. Which street do you choose and why?"

I had friends that were like "what if the 5 kids were special ed or the 1 kid special ed. Does that change up what we are supposed to say?" and other things that are not 1000% kosher online.


So remember, if you do your own brakes, you will end up with having to make that decision. I only hope you had engr. ethics to learn which is right...

~egon

I had that same basic class at my school, which is why I answered how I did.

Stupid crap questions like that are thought up by Trekkies.

"I don't believe in the no-win situation!" </Kirk after the Kobiyashi-Moru exam>

***NERD ALERT!***

If your children are slow, don't let them play in the street!

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My 08 F150 has air brakes. Does this apply to me too?

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Another great thread.

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There was a big question in Engr. Ethics about "your brakes go out and there is a split in the road. On one branch, there is a single kid playing in the street. On the other branch, 5 kids playing. Which street do you choose and why?"

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In real life, neither. You head for the split and wreck yourself out.

Or as someone said, when a wreck is inevitable, head for the softest, cheapest thing in your path.

But then my daughter just talks about pulling the handle and giving the plane back to the taxpayers.

Thank God my cars is an 03.

I never saw this and had no idea the dangers that would have befell me had I changed the pads and rotors on my car if it had been an 05.

I just replaced the brakes on the 4runnner. Fourtunately it's an 04 so I narrowly. Avoided disaster. Guess I'll take the 07 tundra to the shop when it's time. Thanks for bumping this PSA

Awesome thread.

Had a buddy who was told he needed new pads on his rear discs (07 F-150 FX2) and was quoted $300 by his oil change guy. I mentioned to him that decent pads were only like $50 and sent him the part numbers. He decided to do it with my help, but the parts store told him that he had the wrong numbers. We got started and found out that they were the wrong pads. After going back and getting the pads I told him to get, he couldn't believe how easy they were to swap.

Footnote, he later hit five children at a fork in the road, so maybe we shouldn't have tempted fate on his '07.

I replaced pads for the first time ever last weekend on my 2010 GEM. I must be ready for my ASE's

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There was a big question in Engr. Ethics about "your brakes go out and there is a split in the road. On one branch, there is a single kid playing in the street. On the other branch, 5 kids playing. Which street do you choose and why?"

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In real life, neither. You head for the split and wreck yourself out.

Or as someone said, when a wreck is inevitable, head for the softest, cheapest thing in your path.

But then my daughter just talks about pulling the handle and giving the plane back to the taxpayers.

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Holy ****! I just spewed coffee all over my desk on that one.

And while at my parents' farm for Christmas I changed the pads and rotors on the 2010 XC60. If my dumb*** self can change the brakes on that Swedish nightmare (and then drive 1700 miles back to PA without incident), I don't think it's all that hard.

I've got an '06....this is terrible news.

I was unable to do my fronts on the F250 with a beer in my hand. Aluminum cans, 110 degree days, and wheel bearing grease don't play well together.

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I was unable to do my fronts on the F250 with a beer in my hand. Aluminum cans, 110 degree days, and wheel bearing grease don't play well together.

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So you had to put down your beer? What a tragedy!

Had to choose between sitting it on 5 ants or 1 grasshopper.