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Message: Re: Discs... disc brakes... ABS
Changed By: Leor ('09S, North of Boston)
Change Date: March 27, 2014 09:17AM
Re: Discs... disc brakes... ABS
Change Date: March 27, 2014 09:17AM
Re: Discs... disc brakes... ABS
Everyone was barreling along in the fast lane along on Route 95 North near Burlington, MA a few years ago, and up ahead of me I saw traffic coming to a sudden halt. I knew that I could stop the Boxster in the space I had, barely, but I had a lot less confidence in the beat-up car following behind me a bit too close for comfort. Fortunately, there was a shoulder, so I pulled out into it as I was slowing down a bit less than at full possible decelleration (since there was a bit more room in the shoulder before some sort of obstruction.)
The guy behind me took my lead and followed me into the shoulder, stopping about 5 feet from my tail, both of us now at least a couple of car lengths past the stopped traffic in the the lane we used to be in and with me a few feet from the barrier in front of me on the shoulder.
I got out and high-fived the guy behind me, as we had both dodged an ugly bullet there. As we were chatting, a truck driver a few lanes over who'd watched the entire thing stuck his head out as he was passing us and yelled, "HOLY CR@P !!!!" which is pretty much how I was feeling at that point, lol!
The guy behind me took my lead and followed me into the shoulder, stopping about 5 feet from my tail, both of us now at least a couple of car lengths past the stopped traffic in the the lane we used to be in and with me a few feet from the barrier in front of me on the shoulder.
I got out and high-fived the guy behind me, as we had both dodged an ugly bullet there. As we were chatting, a truck driver a few lanes over who'd watched the entire thing stuck his head out as he was passing us and yelled, "HOLY CR@P !!!!" which is pretty much how I was feeling at that point, lol!
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Author: Leor ('09S, North of Boston)Date: March 27, 2014 09:16AM
Re: Discs... disc brakes... ABS
Everyone was barreling along in the fast lane along Route 95 near Burlington, MA a few years ago, and up ahead of me I saw traffic coming to a sudden halt. I knew that I could stop the Boxster in the space I had, barely, but I had a lot less confidence in the beat-up car following behind me a bit too close for comfort. Fortunately, there was a shoulder, so I pulled out into it as I was slowing down a bit less than at full possible decelleration (since there was a bit more room in the shoulder before some sort of obstruction.)
The guy behind me took my lead and followed me into the shoulder, stopping about 5 feet from my tail, both of us now at least a couple of car lengths past the stopped traffic in the the lane we used to be in and with me a few feet from the barrier in front of me on the shoulder.
I got out and high-fived the guy behind me, as we had both dodged an ugly bullet there. As we were chatting, a truck driver a few lanes over who'd watched the entire thing stuck his head out as he was passing us and yelled, "HOLY CR@P !!!!" which is pretty much how I was feeling at that point, lol!
The guy behind me took my lead and followed me into the shoulder, stopping about 5 feet from my tail, both of us now at least a couple of car lengths past the stopped traffic in the the lane we used to be in and with me a few feet from the barrier in front of me on the shoulder.
I got out and high-fived the guy behind me, as we had both dodged an ugly bullet there. As we were chatting, a truck driver a few lanes over who'd watched the entire thing stuck his head out as he was passing us and yelled, "HOLY CR@P !!!!" which is pretty much how I was feeling at that point, lol!