Brake Pads

Brake Pads

I have found that if you can count on one thing going wrong before you go on a trip, you can count on your brake pads squealing in protest.

nothing is constant but change
Author: unknown

No matter how well I plan for a trip, I should always remember to save money for unexpected and last minute things I will have to do to my car. Though I can change the brake pads a month before I go, something magical happens that makes them wear down faster. I dont understand how it happens I just know it will.

I remember one trip to Connecticut for many reasons, but one of the biggest reasons was that one of my new brake pads snapped off halfway there. I didnt know it because I was on the highway, but the problem became apparent when I got to my destination and had to start using my brakes. I had just put on brake pads a few weeks before and I was sure I was ok to drive the six hours there and the six hours back without having any problems.

When I pulled onto the off ramp and came to a stop at a light, I heard an unearthly crunching sound.

True love is the soul's recognition of its counterpoint in another.
Author: Owen Wilson in The Wedding Crashers

I thought it couldnt be my brake pads because they were just new, and I had never heard brake pads make that noise anyway. As I found my way to my hotel I realized there was something very wrong because the noise happened each time I applied the brakes. It was like metal was rubbing on metal. I didnt know what to do, and I really didnt have any idea where to get help.

As it turned out, the brake pads I had installed on my car were not as new as I thought they were. They didnt have a chance to wear down, they just snapped off. They must have been old brake pads that had been sitting around for too long, though Im not really sure why it happened. I havent had the same problem since. I do know that riding home from Connecticut I was ok. Had it not been highway for most of the trip I would have had to get them fixed there. They still worked, but it was a sound that signaled if I didnt get them fixed soon I would be facing a huge repair bill. I made sure I found a new garage so hopefully I wouldnt be sold old brake pads ever again.

"In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all- and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares."December 23, 1862 - Letter to Fanny McCullough
Author: Abraham Lincoln

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