Milano brakes

["Cybertrance ." <cybertrance@domain.elided>]

I am currently trying to find a replacement for my Milano that was an 
unfortunate victim of a retarded driver and his Nissan Pulsar.

I fund a Milano gold in excellent condition.  I mean the car is beautifull, 
the interior is perfect.  The body is perfect.  It is just amazing that an 
11 year old car could look this good.  It runs perfect too.  The owner has 
all the maintenance records.

There is only one problem.  The brake pedal is really soft.  It has a lot of 
play, it seems like it really has no effect until you press it in all the 
way.  But if you press it down all the way (and I do mean all the way to the 
floorboard) it stops the car just fine.
I was wondering what could cause this.  The car does need new pads, but I've 
never seen worn pads cause anything like this.
I just want to make sure it doesn't have a serious problem (like master 
cylinder needs to be replaced) before I pay for it.  I will have an Alfa 
mechanic check it out beforehand anyways, but I just wanted to get an input 
from fellow digesters.

If anyone has any guesses on what might cause this I would really apreciate 
it.

BTW, the owner sais that he has driven the car this way for almost a year 
without problems, and his Alfa guy sais that is just the way the car is, and 
to not worry about it.

Thanks,
Peter

in LA,
currently without an Alfa, though hopefully not for long


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