Was out in my car last night and as I approached my road I pressed the brake to turn in and found I had no brakes.. the pedal hit the floor! Thank god for the handbrake that got yanked up pretty sharpish!
To say I let out a little brpppppppp is an understatement, luckily for me I was only doing 10 mph and at 9.30pm the road was empty, had it been school finishing time there would have been kids everywhere (as per normal!) Minutes earlier I had been doing around 50mp/h.
Thinking about it today I actually realised how lucky I was they didn't go at 50mp/h... It was late at night and not school time.... I don't think I could have lived with myself had I killed someone let alone a child. Or I could have been killed myself if I had hit another vehicle!
As I couldn't check the car out last night it was dark when I finally parked it up and I had to be up at 5am for work (thankfully got a lift from a passing workmate) I just checked it out now....
My (I know nothing about mechanics) opinion is this pipe here that is split and leaking feeds the brakes with hydraulic fluid?
Now I just need somebody to fix it....
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