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**** this happened three times since i got my car a couple weeks ago.. my brake is kinda stiff soo when i brake, like how i would normally break on my dads accord, my car skids like 1/4 of a car length almost hit a guy making a left turn,, what the hell is wrong with my brakes.. i have brand u bridgestone tires btw..

also i bought it at 51000km

 
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tires, not brakes. skidding is when the tires skit across the pavement/whatever your on. bridgestones are crap imo. michelins are the way to go, from personal experience from my family of civics of course. or it could be that your brakes are new and stiff like they are supposed to be opposed to the heavy *** accord.

 
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Dont drive so fast!!!

 
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i dont 60 km/h isnt fast

 
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was it wet out?
Did you stomp on the brakes, causing them to lock up, while going 60km/h?

 
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actually its the fact that there is no abs and that u brake too hard too late...and bridgestones are not crap the old firestones are...bridgestones are some of the best tires out there...other than pirelli, yokohama/advan, kumho

 
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whell if its an uneven surface and you dont have ABS...that can explain it

 
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abs, tread wear on tires, wet roads, freakin psi in the tires has everything to do with it. check it all out. and don't slam on brakes if you don't have to. do you drive a stick? know how to downshift? it helps alot. also check your brake/clutch fluid. if the brake fluid is overfilled it could have something to do with it. there is a fill line marked on the fluid cylinder right under the cap.

 
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yeah definitly, too hard too late, or tires are old and it was wet out.

 
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but the thing is that he said he got the civic a couple weeks ago so im assuming its a new 04-05 unless its used...either way too hard too late sounds like it without the abs

 
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its a 02 used civic lx auto, and the tires are brand new still has those spikey things on them and it hot as hell outside 31 degress celcius, no rain

 
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Just as there are good Firestone tires, there are crappy Bridgestone tires too. Brand isn't everything.

-- Kane

 
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Did you pounce on the brakes? meaning was this an emergency stop?

any way it seems to me as if you just haven't gotten the feel of the Civic's brakes Vs your dads Accord (you cant really compair the feel between them)

any way, My recomendation... Learn threashold braking...
http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...1&postcount=11
to pratice, find an empty road and try to stop as quicky as possible, with out locking up the tires... if you lock the tires, reduce brake preasure... repeat untill you are consistant with it. (If you are on stock pads you may end up causing a bit of brake fade due to multiple hard stops... just let them cool down by driving around and lightly using the brakes, dont just park the car or you will glaze the pads.)

 
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Couldn't have sdaid it better


Firestone, GoodYear, and Michelin are the big 3 U.S. manufacturers. now lets see...aside from bridgestone, which one of those three has the word -stone- in it? they make those tires. so its not safe to assume that just bridgestone is bad or just firestones or the old ones...if it was Honda would NEVER let the dealer sites put those on the cars or the factorys put those on the cars...


anyways you might just need to practice your driving like ZZyzx said do some thresholding... maybe you just need to become a driver who is aware of his car and has a feel for how it drives...in other words practice makes perfect..but not complete...

 
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Michelin is actually a French company...

 
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french roots but brought over as a sort of sister company. I'm also referring to the sales as well in terms of the 3 largest retailers. Sorry I didn't clarify