here is a perfect example. I back my 66 out to wash and to go for a short drive. Didn't have any brakes... right to the floor.
I had two rear calibers leaking and pads were soaked. If I had a place to go or club members to help out I could have done the job myself. I didn't have a brake bleeder or a lift just to get it off the ground. But I was back to the same old S--T no where to go and no one to help