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Old Jan 17, 2001 | 12:17 PM
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So I was taking some girls for a ride (they were on each others lap) making the rounds, and as I was almost done, I smelled somethin funky, then noticed that my emergency brake was on, sh!t. My rear bumper was covered in brake dust and my brakes were smoking. I was driving like that at pretty normal speeds for about 10 minutes, the manual says it could damage the abs and axles. Don't see the ABS light staying on after ignition, how could I tell if anything is wrong with the axles?
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Old Jan 17, 2001 | 12:25 PM
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Jon,

What were you thinking??? Oh, that's right you had not ONE girl in the car but TWO
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Old Jan 17, 2001 | 12:36 PM
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You bet, I pile 'em in

The best part was, I drove by one of their ex-boyfriend's house, and the other one's ex was out there too! hehe, messing with their civics

Needless to say, I got an alarm and park it with a huge light on it at night, they have poison envy
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Old Jan 17, 2001 | 12:43 PM
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[green]Amazing what the estrogin does to our brains. How do we ever get anything done?[/green]
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Old Jan 17, 2001 | 01:52 PM
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Post some pics of what they look like in the S2000 on top of each other and then we might be impressed. No evidence, no game.
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Old Jan 17, 2001 | 01:57 PM
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Originally posted by Jon Corbett
The best part was, I drove by one of their ex-boyfriend's house, and the other one's ex was out there too! hehe, messing with their civics
Hate to take the piss (now that's a lie) but you drove past them with 3 people in the car, the handbrake on, and smoke billowing out your rear end. I bet they were real impressed
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Old Jan 17, 2001 | 01:58 PM
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Alright, I'll have to pic which ones, hehe.

They were like, take us to where people will see us!!

*cough* chickenhead *cough*
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Old Jan 17, 2001 | 02:00 PM
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The smoke wasn't billowing, just "puffing" at the end.

And now, back to the topic, think theres any damage, how can i tell?
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Old Jan 17, 2001 | 02:05 PM
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Sorry, we all got caught up in the double-decker Doris' thing.

I would suggest that you would know by now if there were problems. Might help to change the brake fluid as this is often the first casualty of overheated brakes.

Does the e-brake still work OK?
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Old Jan 17, 2001 | 03:04 PM
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I've noticed a weird light grunching noise when cruising at around 3000 rpm, I figured it was just because the car is supposed to GO, when i accelerate it's fine.
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