| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,880 | It's not just engines that suffer from inactivity. Nothing hurts a brake system worse than long periods of non-use. Drum and rotor surfaces rust, and rubber parts get dry and leaky. It's a little tougher to get the brakes up to operating temperature than engines- - - -that takes a few trips around the block to do! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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