Push the limit.
Then push the pedal.

Fun Fact:

In the early 2000s, a couple in California (documented in old car forum threads and later referenced in mechanic anecdotes) became infamous for turning brake rotor replacement into a bizarre date-night ritual. The husband was a shade-tree mechanic, and the wife hated how long brake jobs took. One weekend, they decided to make it "romantic": they popped open a bottle of wine, put on music, and timed themselves changing front rotors and pads together as a couple's challenge. They got so into it that they started doing it monthly on different cars (even friends' vehicles) — turning greasy, dangerous work into foreplay. The twist? They claimed the adrenaline from torquing lug nuts and bedding in new rotors "kept the spark alive better than dinner and a movie." The story spread on forums like TheSamba and Reddit as "the brake-rotor couple," with people joking that "nothing says love like shared brake dust and cursing at seized calipers." It's still cited today as one of the weirdest ways couples have bonded over car maintenance.