[NefCanuck]

ZTWsugardaddy,Jun 22 2005, 02:02 AM Wrote:

NefCanuck,Jun 22 2005, 12:01 AM Wrote:

ZTWsugardaddy,Jun 21 2005, 05:54 PM Wrote:81 Pontiac Acadian
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Outta curiousity, did you have problems with the brakes being biodegradable? My mom had two Acadians, an 82 and an 86 and both had brakes that wore out at 10,000km or if you looked at them funny :blink:

NefCanuck
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Funny you should ask. The reason I got rid of it was the brakes. In fact, I drove straight from the repair shop (brake job) to the Ford dealer where I bought my Tempo. True, the Acadian/Chevette had terrible brakes that never lasted. Even after the last brake job, I could barely stop the car without putting my body weight into the pedal. Thank god when I traded it in, the sales guy that test drove it was Tony Sharpe, a former Olympic sprinter (won bronze in relay with Ben Johnson in 84). He had the leg strength to stop it. :lol:
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:rofl: Good for you. Reminds me of my favourite story with the '82 Acadian. The brakes had started going again in '84 (second time) and my dad offered to do the brakes for my mom (They had been divorced since '82) so my mom goes up to the golf course where he works with my brother and I.

My brother and I get out of the car and my mom proceeds to ease into the shop, my dad keeps making the "come forward" hand motions as she's trying to ease the car in. My dad then gives the stop gesture but apparently forgets the reason that she's there as the front wheel proceeds to roll right on top of his foot! This was the day he wore safety shoes with a hole at the big toe too :D

Learned quite a few new swear words from my dad that day :P

NefCanuck