<VV> Re-Brakes

[Ron]

We have the anti-lock brakes on our 2000 Solara and I think that the 
anti-lock feature has only been in operation once in the last six years.  At 
that rate, it's a bit over rated.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Rodriguez" <reray at echoes.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:12 AM
Subject: <VV> Re-Brakes


>     I have to agree with some of the others here.  Get the brakes in 
> tip-top condition and then have your wife drive the car.  I find the feel 
> of these old non-power drum brakes better then just about anything else. 
> They actually seem to respond more quickly then power assisted brakes, and 
> have fantastic feel.  The Corvair brakes in particular require very little 
> effort.
>
>     The only thing I would prefer to factory brakes on my Vair' would be 
> antilock brakes.... now that would have to be a heck of a project.  My 
> girlfriend was completely comfortable with the factory brakes on her Vair' 
> till a deer ran out in front of her.  She panicked, locked up all four 
> wheels and held the brake pedal to the floor as she slid off the road into 
> the woods.  She didn't do any serious damage to the car miraculously, and 
> wasnt hurt at all... but a few months later she made me sell the car 
> because she was afraid of locking up the brakes =(.  Now I'm back to only 
> one Vair' and you know that not fair!!!  But even she will tell you it 
> wasn't the car's fault.  She's one of those unfortunate people who panic 
> and lose all motor function.  She knows how to modulate the brakes 
> perfectly, but in a real emergency the pedal goes right to the floor.
>
> I had my doubts about antilock brakes originally, but they've turned out 
> to be fantastic, and I'll gladly argue with anyone who says they aren't.
>
> Ray Rodriguez
> CORSA member
> 65' Corsa 140/4 (under construction with stock brakes!)
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