Originally posted by rearden:
I'm mixed when it comes to ABS. In most panic stops on wet/dry pavement, it's great.

But on snow or ice, I felt like my T-Bird's and Mark VIII's ABS systems were trying to kill me. If I modulated the pedal to keep the wheels from locking up, I could get stopped pretty quickly. If I stomped on it like ABS is supposed to let you do, it felt like the brakes were doing basically nothing, and took about 3 times longer to get stopped.

Maybe newer ABS setups are better. I'd sure hope so.


They aren't, on my parents' Subarus (2000 and 2002) at least and my dad's old 1998 Windstar. I hate ABS specifically for this reason. I can never stop in time at the end of an intersection when driving their cars in the snow because the brakes thought they were locking up (which they are basically supposed to do in snow) and ABS activated. No matter how light I brake the car will slide into the middle of the intersection under heavy snow.



At least my Contour doesn't have it, one thing I like about the car

Matthew
2000 Nissan Maxima SE
Sold: 98.5 Contour SE V6 ATX