After the last day of school, I was following my friend to his house on the other side of town. About half way there we passed the center of Norwell and turned on to Central Street. Everything was going fine until we started going downhill. I hit the brakes to slow down… nothing happened. Not entirely true; actually, the brake light came on. Excellent timing, huh?
Despite my fears of crashing or getting pulled over, I made it to my friend’s house. I was able to pump my brakes and slow down some from that. It helped that there were no intersections and the way to his house was all right turns.
When I was finally able to park on my friend's hill, my Dad came and brought the truck to a repair shop, Bruce’s Auto. I apparently had 2 popped brake lines. Thankfully, I did not crash and my car turned out fine. A few months later, we did sell the truck. Sometimes I take a break (pun intended) and I stop (pun still intended) to think about the old S-10.
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