Hi, Yesterday driving my new 05 convertible pretty low speed through residential neighborhood a car in front of me stopped short, I stomped on the brakes hard, expected screeching tires, but instead it felt like either a gradual slowdown or maybe no slowdown and I rearended them. I should mention that under normal circumstances the brakes work fine, although I've never had a panic stop before. Has anyone experienced this before? I really can't believe that when you stomp hard on the brakes the car doesnt screen to a halt, but there were no skid marks. I will never trust them again. Also despite significant damage no airbags deployed, is there a threshold speed that triggers them?
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18 years ago