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[Webby the Bear]

my girlfriend drives a focus (1. and she drove my car for the first time a couple month back.  we had the exact same experience. she braked as she would in the focus and nearly sent us thru the windscreen.

she complained they were 'twitchy' which is rubbish talk for breaks that work!!!!!!

 

[Kevin Wood]

No major damage one hopes    

On the face of it the bumper isn't sitting quite right and has a tiny bit of cracked paint on it. The tow bar went straight through the Micra's front bumper, through the radiator and then back out, collecting the power steering oil cooler on the way so it was a pretty substantial bump and not impossible it's done more grave damage but difficult to tell in the dark.

The Micra will be re-incarnated as a washing machine, I suspect.

Kevin

[feeutfo]

No major damage one hopes    

On the face of it the bumper isn't sitting quite right and has a tiny bit of cracked paint on it. The tow bar went straight through the Micra's front bumper, through the radiator and then back out, collecting the power steering oil cooler on the way so it was a pretty substantial bump and not impossible it's done more grave damage but difficult to tell in the dark.

The Micra will be re-incarnated as a washing machine, I suspect.

Kevin

Sorry to hear that Kev, hope it hasn't bent the boot floor, they might write it off??? Hopefully there's nothing to substantial on the Micra as you say.

So is that your "3" now?  :-/

[2woody]

there's always lots of difference between different types of cars and different examples of the same car. Some have design features which appear to be there simply to promote a poor pedal feel.

Omegas are amongst the worst "general" braking cars that I've driven - they suffer from poor front brake caliper construction and poor pedal adjustment, plus a tendancy to exaggerate any front brake imbalance through the steering - caused by having the steering box and poor damper adjustment. I've never driven an Omega yet which doesn't need a half-day spending on the pedal feel issue.

Discoverys are a very good example - you can have three different brake systems on Discovery I and II - all of which are very different. There's the standard non-ABS system, which gets very old very quickly, so expect very poor pedal feel there. Then there's the Wabco ABS, which is a proper "power" system, so the pedal feel is always spot-on. Then there's the Teves ABS system on later cars which seems to be a mix of the two.

[Debs.]

There's the standard non-ABS system, which gets very old very quickly

That`s the one!

[Entwood]

No major damage one hopes    

On the face of it the bumper isn't sitting quite right and has a tiny bit of cracked paint on it. The tow bar went straight through the Micra's front bumper, through the radiator and then back out, collecting the power steering oil cooler on the way so it was a pretty substantial bump and not impossible it's done more grave damage but difficult to tell in the dark.

The Micra will be re-incarnated as a washing machine, I suspect.

Kevin

Shin breakers do have a purpose other than towing then .. 

I've had a couple of rear end shunts since I've been towing .. and the towbar has saved the car from major damage everytime.. 

Here's hoping its worked for you as well ..