Brake test

[Cupra]

Coming home from work today I had to use every bit of braking ability that the cupra has!!! I was approaching an intersection in Richmond with an L plater making a right turn at the green light with opposite turning traffic as well, so i moved to left lane & as I came up beside the L plater at about 60k I saw movement to my right in the intersection.

I hit the brake pedal as hard as I could & felt the ABS straight away, I stopped in the middle of the intersection with a teenage boy, side facing baseball cap on about 1 meter in front of the drivers head light. He's mate who I hadn't seen was next to my drivers door!

The nose didn't dip ( not that i noticed )with the new coilovers fitted & the car stopped on a dime.

I think I was very lucky not to two morons down, I call them morons because instead of crossing with the lights they were running diagonally across a main intersection that had turning traffic & me!

It took about an hour for me to calm down after I got home & then I realised how lucky I really was, how much damage would two teenagers have done to my car !!!

[Kirbz252]

just goes to show what 4 wheel discs can do in a car that weights 980kg. I think its disgusting that new cars (e.g mazda 2) have drums on the rear. Comon people this is 2008!

Your lucky that you didnt get any damage, I think I would have been more worried about my car

[ibeezer]

Had my cupra on a weighbridge once, an surprisingly it tipped the scales over

1100kgs with half a tank of fuel no back seats. And no i dont weigh 150kilos.

Theyve got great breaks an have saved my skin more than once or twice.

Glad to hear nobody was hurt Phil

[99gti]

Glad to hear every one (car included) came out OK.

When I was a wee tacker I had an altercation with a Suzuki Mighty Boy when I was on my 3 wheel trike.










Let's just say - the little Mighty Boy won't try and steal candy from a kid again. It came off worse than I did (3 stiches!).

[thestu]

just goes to show what 4 wheel discs can do in a car that weights 980kg. I think its disgusting that new cars (e.g mazda 2) have drums on the rear. Comon people this is 2008!

Your lucky that you didnt get any damage, I think I would have been more worried about my car

they have drums because theya re cheap...and let me tell you the rear hardly does anything. thats why they are small. 2 sets of front pads to one set of rear...

Glad your alright and your car is too mate.