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A few years back I bought her the Jeep Wrangler of her dreams with some inheritance money I had. I hate the sonofabitch, but it reminds her of riding in a HUMVEE which she still loves even after all the harm she has suffered fighting for this country coupled with her lack of respect and faith in this government, which is new to her but old to me....I have long felt that way.
So I never drive it. She had said that she was hearing some axle noise so I asked her if the oil change people she uses in Seattle check the brakes, it is a Firestone I think. She says yes, they are fine. We put this on the mind for taking to our mechanic but she has been working a lot for months and we dont get it done. TOday she wakes me up to say that her Brakes "Blew-Up" as she was driving by JBLM, so she drove it home and now she needs a ride to the Sounder Train Station in Lakewood.
Me: Your brakes "Blew-up"
Her: Ya, dont freak out, just take me to the train station
She also wanted to come home today and drive it to the repair shop because a tow would be "waste of money". So I take her to the station, then call a tow truck because I am not stupid. They called me later to tell me that the front pads were a 0%, and that after the brakes got hot enough they decided to quit.
I talk to her later and tell her what happened to the brakes and that the car guy tells me that she is lucky to be alive because the brake fluid was all long gone after the caliper on the front drivers side disintegrated.... I ask her how she can be at 0% brakes on both fronts and 5% on the rears when the oil was changed 4 months go and they were "fine"......
"oh, well I thought they check the brakes".
:slapme:
I should have known.
So I never drive it. She had said that she was hearing some axle noise so I asked her if the oil change people she uses in Seattle check the brakes, it is a Firestone I think. She says yes, they are fine. We put this on the mind for taking to our mechanic but she has been working a lot for months and we dont get it done. TOday she wakes me up to say that her Brakes "Blew-Up" as she was driving by JBLM, so she drove it home and now she needs a ride to the Sounder Train Station in Lakewood.
Me: Your brakes "Blew-up"
Her: Ya, dont freak out, just take me to the train station
She also wanted to come home today and drive it to the repair shop because a tow would be "waste of money". So I take her to the station, then call a tow truck because I am not stupid. They called me later to tell me that the front pads were a 0%, and that after the brakes got hot enough they decided to quit.
I talk to her later and tell her what happened to the brakes and that the car guy tells me that she is lucky to be alive because the brake fluid was all long gone after the caliper on the front drivers side disintegrated.... I ask her how she can be at 0% brakes on both fronts and 5% on the rears when the oil was changed 4 months go and they were "fine"......
"oh, well I thought they check the brakes".
:slapme:
I should have known.
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