[methknome]

I was on the 101 S. next to a Yukon and next thing I know, some ass clown in a motor home enters the highway right in front of me and cuts me off. I couldn't slow down (Damn OE brakes

) so I downshifted and floored it. I got the car halfway into the Yukon's lane and barely missed it and sueezed between to two. I hate stupid people who can't see a bright ass yellow focus in broud daylight.

 

[PGZX3]

I can't help but wonder if people are completely blind to yellow focuses....happens to me all the time

 

[CharlesWA]

Get your brakes fixed immediately! They should have been able to slow you down just fine. How fast were you going?

 

[AtBlue5spZX3]

People are stupid.

 

[methknome]

Get your brakes fixed immediately! They should have been able to slow you down just fine. How fast were you going?

I'm sure you know how it is with the stock brakes with the violent shaking and major brake fade. Sudden stops aren't so sudden. I was goin about 75-80mph. I knew I would have reared the bastard so I just had to dodge him.

 

[BUR_ZX3]

Glad everything is OK! Whew!

 

[methknome]

Glad everything is OK! Whew!

Thanks, man...I'm proud for pulling a stunt like that and making it out uscaved...my girlfriend is pretty happy to be alive too.

 

[OmniFocus]

Glad you are okay, but I share CharlesWA's sympathy: Get those brakes fixed!

My stock rotors/pads are capable of easily locking the front wheels at those speeds.

 

[Pzevinside]

I can't help but wonder if people are completely blind to yellow focuses....happens to me all the time

Your not the only one. Happens to me. Autumn Orange Focus.

 

[robb]

hate stupid people who can't see a bright ass yellow focus in broud daylight.

I hear ya on that! Man what is it about yellow? Am I frickin' invisible here or what? I had to use the shoulder one time 'cause some clown decided he was going to occupy the same space as me in the slow lane

Idiots, idiots, idiots!

 

[LemonGT]

OMG me too! I have a Cadillac inprint on my car b/c he didn't see me! He is just the one that caught me too, I'm always dodging idiots!

 

[airforcefocus]

Thought I was the only one with a close call last night. I was on the way home too. It was on the 15 south at around 10:00P.M.[censored]. There I was talking to Randy on the cell going with the flow of traffic when all of a sudden the car directly in front of me goes all whoopsie and winds up doing a 180.........stopped on the freeway! I was looking at headlights and trying to figure out where all the other cars are swerving to so I can plan an escape from hitting this car dead on. There was NO time to stop at all, so I swerved into the next lane to avoid it. I missed it by about a foot or two. Crapped my pants on that one.

 

[Penguini66]

Glad you are okay, but I share CharlesWA's sympathy: Get those brakes fixed!

My stock rotors/pads are capable of easily locking the front wheels at those speeds.

Can I third this? I don't believe the stock brakes are that bad. I've done several "panic stop" tests on the stock brakes and I always found the tires to be the limiting factor...not the brakes. And even when the pads were worn out, they still worked effectively unless you overheated them.

On the other hand, good to hear you survived. I think the good thing about accelerating instead of slowing down was the fact that who knows what or who was behind you. Any time I hit my brakes, my eyes are glued to the rear view mirror for a second. Then I look infront of me for a hole or opening. People just don't pay attention out on the highways and they follow way too close.

 

[Tired]

I can't help but wonder if people are completely blind to yellow focuses....happens to me all the time

People dont even pay attention to the bright yellow bike, jacket, and helment around here. On top of that, my Focus is black.

 

[methknome]

Glad you are okay, but I share CharlesWA's sympathy: Get those brakes fixed!

My stock rotors/pads are capable of easily locking the front wheels at those speeds.

I was able to lock em before I got my new wheels. I just got the yokos with 18's and there is so much grip...the car will slow down really well for a few seconds but then MAJOR BRAKE FADE

...I might as well put it in neutral and cruise to a stop

I'm currently saving for a load of mods, new head, full tranny work and a big brake conversion to fill the gap with 18's

 

[ZX3guy182]

Glad you are okay, but I share CharlesWA's sympathy: Get those brakes fixed!

My stock rotors/pads are capable of easily locking the front wheels at those speeds.

mine to
but i can understand the condition, i had to do the same the other morning on the way to work. Im glad i dont have my maxima anymore, i love how the focus can sqeeze into places.

 

[methknome]

Crapped my pants on that one.

whoa, really?!?!?!

 

[emulous]

With all due respect, what happened sucked, but with all the money you've put into mods, why haven't you upgraded the brakes yet?

 

[methknome]

Cuz I want my car to go faster, not slow down....DUH

No but really, I just decided to wait it out til after the head package because I have had that in the works for a while, and I'm planning on hitting 205+ whp. Its one of those things...like popeye said...I can't stands no more.

 

[Demon4545]

I can't help but wonder if people are completely blind to yellow focuses....happens to me all the time

Try living with a black Focus.
Good to hear that you weren't hit by one of the many unobservant clods on our roads today.