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I'm a beginner driver looking for a car. My question is, how do you tell if the brake on a car is worn/ruined?
I test drove a 2008 Honda Civic coupe recently that felt strange to drive. In other cars I've driven (Toyotas), when you depress the break the car starts to slow down immediately and in proportion to how you depress the break. With this one, the break was responsive but it seemed like I really needed to step on it to make it slow down which threw me off.
Is that normal for this type of car or is the break fucked? The car was apparently in a minor accident in which the impact was from the front side, but the claim was under $3,000.00. The dealer claims it was minor and that cars like this sell all the time, but this one also had very low mileage. I most likely won't buy the car, but I would like to know for future reference if the car just handles differently and I wasn't used to it, or if there's a chance it might genuinely be fucked. It looked really nice (brand new even) and clean. Seemed almost like a steal (less than 100k miles, around $6000, only eight years old).
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>>16399158
A newer Civic like that should brake like a new car, it could be a lot of things, most likely fairly minor.
In saying that, stay clear from anything that was in a 'minor accident' from a dealer. There are so many cars on the market, and you are clearly looking for something pedestrian as fuck, so just find one that not only looks right, but drives right
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>>16399440
I'm having a tough time. It seems everything within my price range has been in an accident.
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>>16399158
Could be that the brake booster is fucked. Here's how to fest it:
1. With the power turned off, pump the brake pedal a few time until you can feel it getting stiff
2. Depress the pedal slightly, just so you can fel the slack come off and then add little force but not so much that the pedal moves
3. Turn the engine on while doing this
If the brake booster is working, you will feel the pedal go down.
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i have a civic of the same generation, the brake is nothing like what you describe normally. something is wrong with it, could be as simple as improperly bled brakes. not like it's really worth finding out though, civics are a dime a dozen, just find another one to look at.
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>>16399489
You may be wanting too much from your price point. You don't want a car that had been wrecked, but areas you can do a few things
>look at older cars
>consider higher mileage vehicles
>get a mechanically sound car with cosmetic flaws
>just buy a $3000 Civic
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>>16399158
>Civic coupe
???
what?
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>>16400370
Civic Coupes have been around for years.
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