Fucking Livid

Caution, excessive swearing in full post.

So, I’ve been having handling issues out of my car. It pushes really hard into turns, and is completely unmanageable during hard braking due to worn control arms and bushings.

I picked up new race bushings a while back for the control arms, in hopes that I wouldn’t have to replace the control arms ( which are ~$150 a piece, compared to $89 for both bushings ).

Well, that plan just got shot to shit. Some fucking dumbass Mexican and his wife pulled out of the DMV ( of course ) about 20 yards in front of me. I was doing 55mph, started braking and hit the horn. Whats better, the stupid fucker looked right at me before pulling out, and then proceeded to barely enter the intersection.

Even better than that, HE FUCKING STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GODDAMN LANE I’M IN.

At this point, I slammed the brakes to the floor and braced for impact. Thanks to the Porsche-AG race brakes I installed last week, I went from about 55mph to dead stop in two car lengths.

Unfortunately, it slightly bent my passenger side control arm. The CA was admittedly weak, worn out, and needed replacing, but I was hoping on getting one more winter out of it.

Now the car REALLY handles like a bastard. Luckily, it’s still drivable, but now I’m out $299 for a new set of control arms that are on the way.

Thanks a fucking lot. And thanks DMV, he definitely needed his license.

EDIT:

As a needed afterthought, the real moral of the story is to NEVER skimp on brakes. I definitely got my money’s worth today. Had I not replaced my stock brakes ( which were 75% worn ), I would have made an epic accident, instead of just bending my CA.

EDIT 2:

Another clarification

The brakes aren’t made by Porsche-AG, but were endorsed by Porsche on their LeMan’s race cars.

The brakes are from TMS Racing, and are a mixture of Kevlar, carbon and ceramic. Their max operating temp. is 1400 degrees F, and has a brake coefficient of around 0.45 ( compared to ~0.2 for street ).

They aren’t street approved because a normal passenger car rotor can’t handle the carbon friction. If you have upgraded rotors ( including slotted ), you should DEFINITELY spend the money on these brakes. Even if you do spirited driving or the occasional autocross, you’ll still get 2-3 times the life out of the brakes than you would regular street brakes. Even though they aren’t street approved, they would work in your defense in an accident. Today was honestly the closest I have ever been to hitting another car, and these suckers slammed the car to halt before I could blink.