[W126 Coupe] brake upgrades?

[Shayegan, Richard]

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From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Axel Wulff

>The first driver (the Lexus GS in your case) sees a problem ahead,
reacts, 
>decides, and then hits the brakes.

Or in this case decided not to slow to a stop to make a left hand turn
at an uncontrolled intersection until he literally needed to squeal his
tires to stop in time, and judging by the way he peeled out after I hit
the guy in front of me, he either felt responsible and didn't want to
hang around or that is just how he drives. My rotors most likely being
near the end of their life (23000 miles on them, and the car has never
gotten more than 25,000) probably didn't help. If you look in the manual
though, the 60-0 spec is 160 feet. If you look in the back of a road and
track, every vehicle stops faster (well, IIRC there is one Rolls that
takes just as long to stop).
Richard