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>> dizzy wrote:
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>>>>When you have really sloppy conditions
>>>
>>>Interesting theory, with zero proof.
>>>
>>>I'd like to see the theory put to the test. Slipping tires does not
>>>equal shortest stop.
>>
>>I don't understand what you are saying and agreeing or dissagreeing >>with.
>
>Assertions have been made that ABS "doesn't work so well" in
>"slippery" or "really sloppy" conditions", which I believe are absurd.
>It's provably better than the alternative in some ways (stability and
>control), while being (I believe) no worse in ultimate stopping
>ability.
>
>There's a lot of handwaving in here, but no reference to any
>independant tests which show that ABS "doesn't work so well" at what >it's design to do.
I drive in the slop every winter, and I'll take my non-ABS equipped
2002 PT Cruiser over my wife's ABS equipped Mystique any day when it's got the wet slop on the road. Can't believe I put up with the '95 Trans-Sport for as long as I did either. The ABS on that pig nearly killed me a couple times.