Rarity?
Glad you survived, but how safe we feel is not the same as how safe we are.
LOL, well, I hardly consider it surviving since on a couple of occasions I had a car full of My fellow gearheads when I had to make a "panic" stop & they were impressed
enough to comment on the cars stopping power....they were GM guys. Unlike half of the brainwashed populace in this country, I don't base My reactions or decisions on
how I "feel" about things. Those brakes had enough to lock up the tires (yes the frt. ones) I was running, which often were take off Eagle GT's that usually had 4/32 or
so on them since My budget was,...um
tight....in modest 195-205/60 varieties. Again, I encourage anyone to upgrade if they can ability/$$$ wise, but I don't encourage
scaring people. Of course today, "conservative driving" almost doesn't exist, and stopping real fast can get You rearended just as easily...
I've had 2 accidents in recent years that I couldn't have avoided w/13" 6 piston Brembo's & A032R Yokahama's on My ride, & most of the accidents I've been in I was
driving within 5mph of the posted, and someone pulled out directly in My path & I had no escape route...one simply blew right through a stop sign coming from a rd.
obscured by the ground level being approx. 4ft. above the rd surface, by the time He caught the corner of My eye I had My foot over the brake pedal when We collided.
37mph, I never got to apply the brakes, didn't even make it thru the intersection just got turned around, rolled His S-10 & ended up on His lid 80ft. on the other side of
the road....if He had been a few 1/100's of a sec later I may not be here..............................