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Reasons why water enters into your car when it rains. Get your buckets 😂😂😂 1. Rust: When rust is formed on the roof, windshield pillar, drip water can find its way into the car Through the hole created by the rust. 2. Blocked drain tube on the panoramic roof: The drain tube helps water not to accumulate in the seating of the panoramic roof there by find a way into the car.  3. Missing rubber stoppers on the floor of the car: Every car has a rubber water drainer at strategic positions on the floor of the car. When this rubbers are missing water can find it’s way from beneath into the car when you pass a flood or pool of water. 4. Wrongly mounted windshield: if the windshield is not properly mounted water goes in from the little space around it.

The brake is one of the most important safety/ operational part of the vehicle, therefore car manufacturers have put so many measures in place to determine when the brake pad is due for a change. Mind you, the brake pad is made of materials that wear off easily in other to make the brake rotor (disc), which is more expensive, not to wear off easily while in braking and also to reduce energy loss due to heat caused by friction (We will talk about the essence of brake pads and brake pad materials in our teaching). So if you have a brake pad that doesn't wear off then you bought yourself a damaging tool. Here are the different brake wear indicators on an automobile: 1. Ocular brake indicator: this are grooves made on the brake pad. One must constantly check the brake pads to know when the brake pads flattens with the grove. 2. Mechanical metal plate indicator: A metal plate is attached on some brake pads so that when the brake is due for change the plate can touch the surface of the d...