SBC Brakes really work!
05-03-2004, 05:05 PM
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SBC Brakes really work!
Yesterday a fellow on a cell-phone ran a stop sign in front of my wife and me. We were traveling at about 35 mph and I moved my foot from the accelerator to the brake pedal very quickly and hit the brakes quite hard. The car stopped without any hesitation and without any tire sound. I could feel a little pulsation in the brake pedal from the ABS. These SBC brakes do work as advertised and I am very pleased with them.
05-03-2004, 06:39 PM
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I did not feel the abs, although I could see it in the dash. The pedal felt quite spongy in a good kind of way. I was pretty impressed. Not sure what it would be like in the wet though.
I have done 2500 miles now and gave it some welly today. It really shifts and handling is not bad either for such a big car. I will be really pleased as long as I do not have the same number of problems as the C Class.
But at this price I expect excellence.
I have done 2500 miles now and gave it some welly today. It really shifts and handling is not bad either for such a big car. I will be really pleased as long as I do not have the same number of problems as the C Class.
But at this price I expect excellence.
05-04-2004, 06:49 PM
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"[Q] From Jennie Booth, Australia: “I came across the phrase with some welly in a BBC report today. I’ve not seen it before and am curious about its meaning. Can you help?”
[A] It’s a fine bit of British English slang, usually in the form give it some welly. This instruction, often shouted to a person as encouragement or criticism, asks for more effort to be put into whatever he or she is doing.
It dates from the 1970s. ... The slang sense seems to have come about through mental links with various senses of boot or foot—one of the earliest appearances was in motor racing, in which the reference was putting the foot more firmly on the accelerator; another was in football, for a powerful kick. ..."
http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-giv2.htm
[A] It’s a fine bit of British English slang, usually in the form give it some welly. This instruction, often shouted to a person as encouragement or criticism, asks for more effort to be put into whatever he or she is doing.
It dates from the 1970s. ... The slang sense seems to have come about through mental links with various senses of boot or foot—one of the earliest appearances was in motor racing, in which the reference was putting the foot more firmly on the accelerator; another was in football, for a powerful kick. ..."
http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-giv2.htm
