Flying Brake Pad...
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oncoming car's Flying Brake Pad...
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If I'd not pissed my pants, I would turn around and killed that guy.
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Wow, that's pretty scary -- did that happen to you Peter or did you find those photos on the 'net somewhere?
(BTW, not that it makes much of a differentce but that's a brake pad, not a brake disc...)
(BTW, not that it makes much of a differentce but that's a brake pad, not a brake disc...)
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From: Chalandri/Athina/Hellas
Originally Posted by Rudy' post='440369' date='Jun 27 2007, 06:24 PM
Wow, that's pretty scary -- did that happen to you Peter or did you find those photos on the 'net somewhere?
(BTW, not that it makes much of a differentce but that's a brake pad, not a brake disc...)
(BTW, not that it makes much of a differentce but that's a brake pad, not a brake disc...)
What a lucky guy, despite what happened, pad has stopped on the dash panel
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Wow, this incident could have blinded the driver.
Thinking about the mechanics of this, I don't see how the brake pad could fly off the disc like that, especially being enclosed around a wheel. It also looks like this brake pad hasn't been mounted for years.
Maybe this thing fell off the bed of a truck or was thrown.
Thinking about the mechanics of this, I don't see how the brake pad could fly off the disc like that, especially being enclosed around a wheel. It also looks like this brake pad hasn't been mounted for years.
Maybe this thing fell off the bed of a truck or was thrown.
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From: Nieuw-Lekkerland, The Netherlands
Originally Posted by Peter530i' post='440327' date='Jun 27 2007, 02:52 PM
Ai, looks familiar, got that too in Italy a few years ago while on holiday.
Driving around 150 kmh. It caused a shattered windshield, mirror and a blue shoulder.
Not to mention what could happen when something like that part hits someones face.
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Originally Posted by Centurion' post='440394' date='Jun 27 2007, 12:26 PM
Wow, this incident could have blinded the driver.
Thinking about the mechanics of this, I don't see how the brake pad could fly off the disc like that, especially being enclosed around a wheel. It also looks like this brake pad hasn't been mounted for years.
Maybe this thing fell off the bed of a truck or was thrown.
Thinking about the mechanics of this, I don't see how the brake pad could fly off the disc like that, especially being enclosed around a wheel. It also looks like this brake pad hasn't been mounted for years.
Maybe this thing fell off the bed of a truck or was thrown.
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I think it was a case of road rage and it is called a Czech boomerang. 
