Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!
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Surprised the pads stick that badly then [&:] It's not uncommon for them to be noisy for a mile or so until they clean up the discs (One of the reasons car salesman say they're just going to check the fuel etc before they let you drive a car [ORIGINAL: daro911But I never use the handbrake as PDK has to be left in park to remove ignition key so no point using handbrake for the very reason you state. Had that happen several times on the manual one so in the end I just stopped using it and left car in gear[&o]ORIGINAL: Andy FaganI think you'll find its the brake shoes for the handbrake that stick []
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Never park mine with handbrake on. Must knock a couple of bricks out of the garage to help it dry out!
Hoping its a freak one off [&o]. Otherwise will have to get an Indi to investigateORIGINAL: Andy FaganSurprised the pads stick that badly then [&:] It's not uncommon for them to be noisy for a mile or so until they clean up the discs (One of the reasons car salesman say they're just going to check the fuel etc before they let you drive a car [ORIGINAL: daro911But I never use the handbrake as PDK has to be left in park to remove ignition key so no point using handbrake for the very reason you state. Had that happen several times on the manual one so in the end I just stopped using it and left car in gear[&o]ORIGINAL: Andy FaganI think you'll find its the brake shoes for the handbrake that stick [
Mine was the same this morning; parked in garage, handbrake off, washed it last week. Front pads were stuck to the discs because they didn't dry out very quickly due to the damp air. They were quite squeaky at first, just made sure I did some heavy braking, soon sorted them out!
kitchens
PCGB Member
Most garages get damp at this time of year and mine is no exception .I have loads of trays filled with cooking salt lying around and it is amazing how much moisture they extract change it every month .Try placing a a few around your front wheels and see if that makes any difference I buy a 25k bag cost around £15 bag from the cash and carry every year use it to clear the paths when snow arrives.
She only said your car was nice, nothing to be embarrassed about. Maybe even slightly disappointing that only your car got a complement[
] I had another customer at a petrol station comment on my car. She was youngish and was with her boyfriend but spent what was probably 2 minutes (but felt like 5) on the forecourt talking to me whilst he was paying. Talking about how she wished she had something like that and was still talking to me when he came back. I somehow got onto showing her how cheap the road tax was (the kind of thing Ross from Friends would do[X(] ) and then she was telling him when he came back. AWKWARD! Another time in a supermarket car park a similar thing happened. The girl was there for what seems like an age, doting on the car whilst her boyfriend stood there with his hands in his pockets wondering when this would end. AWKWARD! The rest of my attention has been from school kids who cheer and point as I drive through the morning traffic. One good thing to come out of it though is that it has made my son very popular at school, but in a good way. Kids much older than him have got to know him as they've chatted to him to ask about the car. He's very humble and tells them very little (he's always been told that how much it cost is strictly off limits for school conversation and so is boasting) and he's got to know kids of all ages throughout the school without it going to his head or them seeing any showing off.
We need to pick a Sunday morning. Unfortunately, I am tied up with one thing and another for the next few weeks. Realistically, I'd be looking at 2nd March or fortnightly thereafter! Jeremy Heney was going to plan a run out for R18 which I said I'd help with - he had a route in mind in North Yorkshire I think, maybe we could kill two birds with one stone...
ORIGINAL: daro911You're right. I am failing miserably to make the most of using it for the daily drive[&o] Top down for the drive home tonight if it's crisp and dry [ORIGINAL: flat6flat6 you get the opportunity to do it everyday [ORIGINAL: rob.kellock It might be going dark and freezing cold but, oh my, it's good for the soul to have a nice blast out with the roof down. I need to do more of that. Haven't done it for ages[
MillerIanF
New member
All cars stick if they are left with wet discs, the damp lies between the pads and the disc and surface rust fuses them. If it is wet drive your car along the drive and into the garage holding your left foot, but not to heavily, on the brake pedal this should dry them, if it is a very short distance go backwards and forwards a couple of times, the friction causes heat which dries the pads/discs. This needs a little practice as it is not natural to have your left foot on the brake pedal and you could have a mishap, practice in the open first to make sure you know what you are doing before entering the garage. Those who wash their cars by hand will be familiar with this problem, you can't let a car sit after hand washing it or the brakes will fuse. For this to happen to a car put away dry you would need heavy condensation in your garage which is drawn to cold bare metal i.e. discs.
kitchens
PCGB Member
Yip know all about this procedure [
] the main problem with this is after you have washed all the car and done the wheels inside and out you dry the car off inc wheels ,them you brake dry the discs you end up with a dirty inside rim and have to wash the rims again []. I went out and started the car today has been lying a while and the brakes where free as a nut . no grinding .[]Lovely stories. All I've had no far is a white van driver shout "c*nt" out of his window as he drove past one sunny Saturday morning recently when I had the roof off. He must have met me before. [ORIGINAL: flat6She only said your car was nice, nothing to be embarrassed about. Maybe even slightly disappointing that only your car got a complement[
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