[OAC_Sparky]

Well, I usually pride myself in driving well-maintained cars, using good parts and sticking to a regular maintenance schedule.

So when I swapped my winter tires to my summers, I do a precursory inspection of my rotors, brake linings, brake lines and suspension.

Unfortunately, I didn't see any sign of this happening ...

   
   
   
   

So this morning, on the way home in moderate traffic on the QEW, the line blew out. Unfortunately, when I was trying to stop for a car that had locked it up ahead of me ....

I was plenty far back (10-15 car lengths), was doing about 100kmh when the ordeal started. Should have been no big deal, could've stopped with plenty of room to spare.

Well, the brake started dropping to the floor under my foot pressure, I pumped again when I heard the ABS module go off; between yanking the E-Brake and downshifting I managed to shed 85kmh.

Unfortunately I couldn't bleed the last 15 before I ran out of room with nowhere else to go....

   

At any rate, the good news is both myself and the other driver are OK. My car, not so much... it'll need a new front rad support, pass. side fender, headlight, grille and new bumper skin. The A/C condensor didn't vent, but it's bent.

The other car (newer Honda Civic driven by an older woman) has damage to the lower bumper.

No charges at the time of this posting; I demonstrated to the cop my brake going to the floor and the growing puddle of brake fluid under the passenger tire. We'll have to see the verdict on the other driver's car before I decide whether to run it through insurance or not.

So if you have braided lines make sure you check them carefully. I'm sure Ken can add more information about the vendor, there is another member on here (Pat was his name) that bought through the same group buy, so if any of you know who it is you should give a heads up to him.