Post by Volktales on Oct 18, 2014 13:07:50 GMT -8
Shoptales8: VW hippy Subsitute
Ok if you are a younger earthy type person who adorns your vehicle with Mother Earth and peace stickers and decorates you dashboard with seashells and weird scented incense, then what type of car should you drive? VW buses are too expensive now, and some have chosen Delicas but they are big $$ too. The cheap route for any self-respecting new age hippy is..... a rotted out Subaru Legacy in earth friendly green and mud two tone finish! Anyway owner has car towed in because died while driving. This is because battery died..... because ABS system malfunctioned causing pump to run continuously. Why did ABS go crazy? Because owner drove with worn out rear brakes and continued driving until brake material was gone from pad. Then they continued driving until pad wore right off as it ground itself to oblivion. Then they drove more until caliper piston ground itself into rotor. Then they drove more until piston fell out of caliper causing loss of brake fluid. Then they drove more until total loss of right rear and left front brakes (diagonal fluid system). Then they drove until ABS unit finally had enough and something shorted causing pump overheating and battery going dead. Then they finally stopped driving when car no longer could move!! When questioned about the brakes the owner said "I thought they felt a little funny". Understatement of the year?
Ok if you are a younger earthy type person who adorns your vehicle with Mother Earth and peace stickers and decorates you dashboard with seashells and weird scented incense, then what type of car should you drive? VW buses are too expensive now, and some have chosen Delicas but they are big $$ too. The cheap route for any self-respecting new age hippy is..... a rotted out Subaru Legacy in earth friendly green and mud two tone finish! Anyway owner has car towed in because died while driving. This is because battery died..... because ABS system malfunctioned causing pump to run continuously. Why did ABS go crazy? Because owner drove with worn out rear brakes and continued driving until brake material was gone from pad. Then they continued driving until pad wore right off as it ground itself to oblivion. Then they drove more until caliper piston ground itself into rotor. Then they drove more until piston fell out of caliper causing loss of brake fluid. Then they drove more until total loss of right rear and left front brakes (diagonal fluid system). Then they drove until ABS unit finally had enough and something shorted causing pump overheating and battery going dead. Then they finally stopped driving when car no longer could move!! When questioned about the brakes the owner said "I thought they felt a little funny". Understatement of the year?
