Have you ever driven a Taurus? Do you realize how little impact the rear brakes have on stopping distance? Do you realize how little work the rear brakes do? Why do you think there would be any difference in stopping distance. I am 100% certain that for a Taurus sedan even with a 200 HP engine, the rear drum brake are completely adequte to lock the rear wheels in a panic stop (if the ABS would let them lock). They can't do any more than that. The only reason to offer rear disks on the sedan is specmanship. If Ford thought they would sell
5% more Taurus's becasue rear disk brakes were available, they would be available. Drum brakes have one virture that disks don't - they make really good parking brakes. If you are really worried about stopping distance you should complain about the crummy tires Ford insists on installing on their cars as standard equipment. I'l bet installing better tires will do a lot more to reduce the stopping distance than installing rear disk brakes.Ed
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