And I thought dealers were bad about not disclosing defects on cars. Plus I
hate to deal with the salesmen most of the time. I try to check out all
cars as well as possible before the purchase, because I've been burned also
(yes, even on roadsters). But you can only do so much before you make a
decision on the car, so theres a chance it could be a problem. I base many
decisions on the personalty of the seller, and my assessment of his honesty
and integrity. I usually feel better if they tell you a few things wrong
with the car rather than "runs perfect, never had a problem." Good luck on
getting the problem resolved.
Mike KOken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Neuman" <dneuman@quark.sfsu.edu>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 11:28 PM
Subject: OT- I ALMOST DIED TONIGHT!!!!!
> Hello All,
> Well let me tell you something...don't buy a 72 JAG XJ6 with a chevy 350
V8
> conversion in SoCal and then think that everything is going to be okay for
the
> six hour drive home....it won't be....don't let your girlfriend talk you
into doing
> it no matter how nice the car looks and how good she looks in it.
> After a harrowing 6 hour drive thru some serious rain storms we
> are coming into the city about 5 miles from home in some serious traffic
> going down a steep hill and the brakes go out.. I mean they GO OUT!! the
car
> has power brakes and the pedal goes right to the floor RIGHT TO THE FLOOR
> and its not stopping the car a bit. I'm pumping the brakes while slaming
the
> car into 1st and pulling up on the parking brake. Its barely slowing the
car at
> all and I'm coming to the bottom of the hill where the light is red and
there is
> a ton of cross traffic. I'm in the middle lane of a three lane street with
cars
> on both sides and no way to stop. So I um.... nosed the car into the
Volvo
> staion wagon that was just in front of me and stopped the car. Nobody was
> hurt and the Volvo was just a little bit scratched on its big bumpers
also. The
> jags front bumper was bent in a little bit but that was it.
> So heres my question, what the hell went wrong with the brakes.
> The master cylinder is new-saw the paperwork and it looks new, and there
was
> no loss of brake fluid-the level in the brake fluid res. did not change.
I have
> never had a car with power brakes and don't instantly understand them.
This
> car has a line from the intake plenum to a big short cylinder that I
believe
> is a vacuum resevouir with is connected to the master cylinder. We had
the
> car towed to a friends garage but it can't stay there for very long and we
need
> the damn thing to drive during the rainy season.
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Irene is going to call the
guy
> who sold us the car tomorrow and bitch him out. Hopefully he is going to
give
> us a HUGE chunk of the money we spent on the car.
>
> Daniel 69 2000
> SF CA
> p.s. sorry if this is not clear we decided that we needed several stiff
drinks
> after all the excitement.
>
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