Three Major Brands You've Probably Bought Brakes from Are Shutting Down

So can we say that this collapse is a fallout from the easy money availability at the height of COVID? What was leadership thinking going on a such a buying spree though?

> If you thought all of that was bad, things got worse, as First Brands then sued its founder, Patrick James, alleging that he had pilfered at least $700 million from the company’s coffers.

......oh.

FT, Oct2025: The secretive First Brands founder, his $12bn debt and the future of private credit ( https://archive.is/jxn99 )

Guess I won't be putting a StopTech big brake kit on my Supra someday...