marauder307
09-19-2003, 06:20 PM
Got another brake thread for y'all. Earlier this past week, I was out in the parking lot at work...I hadn't been able to park in my usual spot, and had had to shoehorn the Black Hulk into a compact car spot. Felt a little nervous about leaving it there, and went out after lunch to check on things.
Bodywork was fine, although when I got ready to leave that afternoon I had do a contortionist's dance to get in the #$!@ door...some idiot with a Lumina decided he liked my car so much that he 'bout shaved the driver's side RV mirror off...but as I was walking around the car, something told me I should check the brakes. They'd been feeling a big sluggish lately...maybe I just wasn't being authoritative enough...but I started looking at the rotors.
My passenger's side rear has grooves in it. Not great huge ones, mind you, but there's a parallel pair of thin shiny streaks that go all the way around the outside face of the rotor. I called up the L/M dealership that I go to, and set up an appointment. Took the beast in today, spent about an hour there. The tech looked at it, couldn't quite figger out what was causing it, but he's got replacement pads on order and he'll skin the rotor on the brake lathe when he puts the pads on. He says they're not deep (and I verified that myself), but it'll be next week before the pads arrive. Buttoned the car back up and headed out; they'll call me, prolly about Tuesday.
Y'all may find it worthwhile, those of you with stock brakes, to have a look around. Might just be mine, but check anyway. Me personally, I like to have confidence that I can bring down this 4200-lb. 4-wheeled freight train if I gotta.
Now for the funny stuff. While I was waiting at the dealership, I kept myself from being too bored by walking around. Sinclair L/M has one '03 left, on the showroom floor, and it's been there for at least the last six months and probably longer. Since I've been going there, the car's picked up a factory wing on the back (mounted properly, btw), a silver-grey bumper insert on the rear, and a $600 Ziebart protection package. Price on the windshield is $28995 and they might take 27. I was checking it out and one of the salespeople (turned out to be someone in fleet leasing, she later said) asked me what I thought of it. The conversation took off from there. I mentioned that I thought silver looked better, and her response was "But they don't make them!"
Hey dok, did you know your car doesn't exist?:eek: I mentioned that I HAD in fact seen a silver and a blue (jrzygrl, where are you?), and her comment was "Oh, they must be overspraying them at the dealership."
:bs: :bs: :baaa:
That's when I hit her with this website, and suggested she take a look. I also explained that the '04s were out, and one of the first Dark Toreador Red ones had already been purchased by somebody (Agent M79, where you is?). But you folks with the silvers and blues might find it worthwhile to scrape off all that overspray...might drop a couple hundred pounds and improve yer 0-60 times.... LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:baaa: :baaa: :baaa: :shake:
I've heard lots about dealership personnel who don't know their own products, but this is the first time I've actually encountered it in person. 60birdtom, you may wanna put in a call to this place. Your fellow dealership personnel are selling the products short.
All for now, folks. Check ya later.
Bodywork was fine, although when I got ready to leave that afternoon I had do a contortionist's dance to get in the #$!@ door...some idiot with a Lumina decided he liked my car so much that he 'bout shaved the driver's side RV mirror off...but as I was walking around the car, something told me I should check the brakes. They'd been feeling a big sluggish lately...maybe I just wasn't being authoritative enough...but I started looking at the rotors.
My passenger's side rear has grooves in it. Not great huge ones, mind you, but there's a parallel pair of thin shiny streaks that go all the way around the outside face of the rotor. I called up the L/M dealership that I go to, and set up an appointment. Took the beast in today, spent about an hour there. The tech looked at it, couldn't quite figger out what was causing it, but he's got replacement pads on order and he'll skin the rotor on the brake lathe when he puts the pads on. He says they're not deep (and I verified that myself), but it'll be next week before the pads arrive. Buttoned the car back up and headed out; they'll call me, prolly about Tuesday.
Y'all may find it worthwhile, those of you with stock brakes, to have a look around. Might just be mine, but check anyway. Me personally, I like to have confidence that I can bring down this 4200-lb. 4-wheeled freight train if I gotta.
Now for the funny stuff. While I was waiting at the dealership, I kept myself from being too bored by walking around. Sinclair L/M has one '03 left, on the showroom floor, and it's been there for at least the last six months and probably longer. Since I've been going there, the car's picked up a factory wing on the back (mounted properly, btw), a silver-grey bumper insert on the rear, and a $600 Ziebart protection package. Price on the windshield is $28995 and they might take 27. I was checking it out and one of the salespeople (turned out to be someone in fleet leasing, she later said) asked me what I thought of it. The conversation took off from there. I mentioned that I thought silver looked better, and her response was "But they don't make them!"
Hey dok, did you know your car doesn't exist?:eek: I mentioned that I HAD in fact seen a silver and a blue (jrzygrl, where are you?), and her comment was "Oh, they must be overspraying them at the dealership."
:bs: :bs: :baaa:
That's when I hit her with this website, and suggested she take a look. I also explained that the '04s were out, and one of the first Dark Toreador Red ones had already been purchased by somebody (Agent M79, where you is?). But you folks with the silvers and blues might find it worthwhile to scrape off all that overspray...might drop a couple hundred pounds and improve yer 0-60 times.... LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:baaa: :baaa: :baaa: :shake:
I've heard lots about dealership personnel who don't know their own products, but this is the first time I've actually encountered it in person. 60birdtom, you may wanna put in a call to this place. Your fellow dealership personnel are selling the products short.
All for now, folks. Check ya later.