I just got my car back two days ago, spent over $900 on it. They worked on my brakes, struts, new battery, ect. So yesterday I'm driving my brothers friend home, and he lives in the high hills of Berkeley. It was one of the steepest hills I'd ever been on, and that's saying something considering where I live. I joke as we drive down the hill "hey, what a GREAT time to test my new brakes!" We all laugh, but the laughter soon dies when we smell something HORRIBLE starting to burn from my car. Much cursing and some pretend praying to god ensues as we cruise down the hill, the smell getting worst. We're approaching the end of the hill, where there's a stop sign and as the car infront of me brakes, I start slowling pumping the brakes to build up friction, my cars already in the lowest gear, and much to my 'joy' my car isnt slowing down very fast! I'm freaking putting all my weight onto the brake at this point, pulling up the E brake and stuff, and my foot is practically going through the car and my car SLOOOOOOWLY comes to a tentative halt just inches behind the other car!
My bro and his friends and I throw out a collective "PHEW"
So we drove home using pretty much my gears to slow us down whenever possible, to let my brakes cool down since they obviously over heated hecka bad. They were fine by the time I got home. So this morning I took my car back to the shop, and we're good friends with the guys that work there so I pull it on in, jump out, and of course accuse them of trying to kill me, lol. They look at my brakes and low and behold it looks like my back brakes weren't adjusted, they were pretty much doing NOTHING while my front brakes were working over time to stop my car! No wonder they over heated! They fixed my brakes for free and now here I am.
PHEW!
So we drove home using pretty much my gears to slow us down whenever possible, to let my brakes cool down since they obviously over heated hecka bad. They were fine by the time I got home. So this morning I took my car back to the shop, and we're good friends with the guys that work there so I pull it on in, jump out, and of course accuse them of trying to kill me, lol. They look at my brakes and low and behold it looks like my back brakes weren't adjusted, they were pretty much doing NOTHING while my front brakes were working over time to stop my car! No wonder they over heated! They fixed my brakes for free and now here I am.
PHEW!