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|    Alan to AMuzi    |
|    Re: Real information on brakes (was Re:     |
|    12 May 22 17:31:13    |
      XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone       From: nuh-uh@nope.com              On 2022-05-12 5:27 p.m., AMuzi wrote:       > On 5/12/2022 4:37 AM, Andy Burnelli wrote:       >> Xeno wrote:       >>       >>> I believe in what I see, what I feel, what I measure, etc.       >>> And I have seen warped rotors, I have cleaned up and put       >>> back into service lightly warped rotors and I have       >>> rejected rotors too far gone to clean up. And yes, I have       >>> seen all the other types of rotor faults too and, what's       >>> more, I can differentiate.       >>       >> Hi Xeno,       >> Let's cut our losses as you will _never_ read any reference       >> I've provided.       >>       >> I provided, what, oh, maybe about a dozen reliable       >> references that back up       >> my point of view, and you provided, oh, um, what? Zero, right?       >>       >> You think I didn't know that was going to happen, oh, maybe       >> a decade ago?       >> There's a reason I said that we own the intuition of       >> monkeys, Xeno.       >>       >> And there's a reason I said that this intuition is a       >> terrible thing indeed.       >> People who trust only in their intuition are only right by       >> pure chance.       >>       >> It's people who trust in facts who are right more often than       >> they're wrong.       >> And you don't want to see any facts (you didn't even _read_       >> them, in fact).       >>       >> That means it's impossible to carry on an adult conversation       >> with you on       >> this topic. It's like asking someone to stop believing in       >> the Easter Bunny.       >>       >> Let's just leave it at that because I can provide ten       >> thousand factual       >> references that the earth isn't flat and there will _still_       >> be people like       >> you and Steve and Alan Baker who will emphatically claim it       >> _is_ flat.       >>       >> Not only that it's flat, but they'll find some 30-second       >> YouTube video of a       >> twelve year old kid in NJ who, with just a yardstick,       >> "proved" it's flat.       >>       >> So let's cut our losses.       >> You think the earth is flat, and you have Alan Baker on your       >> side.       >> Steve too.       >>       >> All I have on my side is every reputable brake expert in the       >> industry.              Where "reputable" is redefined as "agrees with me".              >> I won't provide you with any more facts because you don't       >> want to see them.       >       > f you're so certain about that why not offer to pay parts and service       > charges for a warped brake rotor?              Very good question.              :-)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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