On 11/9/03 9:17 PM, in article
409182a4.0311091917.660bc50f@posting.google.com, "Daniel Hollister"
<daniel@insomniacdm.com> wrote:

> hi, i need some help... i dont know much about car repair or anything,
> and i had this strange problem, i wanted someone's advice. i have a 99
> civic ex, and today when i started driving, there was this strange
> sound, a tinny sound like a piece of metal was dragging on the ground
> or something. not too loud, but still very noticable. i stopped the
> car and nothing appeared to be scraping, and as far as i could tell,
> the car was fine. i started driving a little more and the sound
> stopped altogether. now, a few minutes later, i got onto the freeway,
> and once i started accellerating to much higher speeds, the sound was
> very loud, once again like something was scraping. there was no
> turn-off so i kept going but after about 20 seconds it stopped again
> and has been fine ever since. i just know that the sound was VERY BAD
> and i'm not sure what it could be or what to look for. i believe the
> car made the same noise once before, about a month ago, but i was
> driving city streets and it was not loud. and it once again stopped
> very quickly. any advice?? thanks

There is a little bar on the brake pads that will start to scrape the rotor
lightly as a warning when the pads are worn down and need to be replaced.
Get your brakes checked.