Date:         Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:41:19 -0700
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From:         bueses <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: [Syncro] Why SA big brakes saved my ass today
Comments: To: Jon Brown <jbrown510@GMAIL.COM>
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........ FWIW, my SA brakes saved my but a few blocks from that same
location.  When
> someone turning right from Macarthur northbound onto Main eastbound decided
> to stop as abruptly as her Mercedes would allow, smack dab in the middle of
> a protected right hand turn...

>> So I'm in Newport today on the 73 toll road heading home to Laguna.
> Driving
>> around 60 and in the right lane is a line of cars waiting to exit to
> Macarthur-

That spot must be infamous-even an out-of-stater visiting that area has had
the same experience.

Try it in a split window w/ single circuit master cylinder & no disks at all
for the ultimate challenge.

Tom Buese-what big brakes?