It be a scrapin' dudes. I heard about those break tabs and what not but I have an extended warranty on the car that doesn't cover breaks and the "customer replacables" SO I was hoping it was Nissan's fault (the car being a Nissan Altima). I'll have the breaks freakin' looked at and see whats up. Hopefully they only cost under $10000000000!
As for a new axle, I hope not and don't think so. I know I have probably bent my strut tower because of a brush with falling off the road will driving very very fast and falling to a ditch then hitting 3 pottholes and then a curb. I BROKE the rim! Yup. Axle, they said, was just peachy but mah strut tower is a bit bent. I gotta have that replaced and what not but the only sideeffect of it is that the car pulls right a bit and I ain't super worried about it. I just don't want to be one of those cars that goes we we we we we down the street. Annoying and the girls don't like it.
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