# My car brakes failed today

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 5, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-brakes-failed-today/556166 "2010-10-05T19:41:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-brakes-failed-today/556166/21 "2010-10-06T14:29:01Z")

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Suddenly I’m hungry for some cannoli.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-brakes-failed-today/556166/22 "2010-10-06T14:56:04Z")

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Got the news from the repair shop. The rear brake cylinder blew. Some complications because the brake lines are a bit rusted, so they may have to be replaced, too. Cost will be $600 maximum, and maybe less if it takes less them than listed (he seemed to think the time was way too high) and how much of the brake lines have to be replaced.

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