Originally Posted by Yah-Tah-Hey
PimTac said:ABS was also hard for many to except. " I don't want a car that I can't lock up the brakes." I actual heard that. Same with tubeless tires,
ABS always gets me when I hear complaints about it.
I know that locking the brakes can be beneficial for stopping distance on certain types of surfaces, but at least on dry/wet/iced over asphalt or concrete, you get the the maximum braking effort by applying just short of the amount of braking force needed to lock the wheels. I also know that SOME insanely skilled drivers can modulate the brake pedal fast enough to hold it at that point, but even those drivers can't control all 4 wheels independently or look at real-time data on which wheels are turning and which aren't, much less adjust braking several times a second.
And, yes, I have two vehicles without ABS(although one isn't yet on the road). When push comes to shove, if I need to brake in a hurry, I'd rather just bury my foot in the pedal and know that I'm getting the shortest stopping distance I can get for surface I'm on(and tires on my car). I try to avoid situations where I'm that close to the edge, but at the same time I've had some eerily close calls in my MG(from people not seeing it and pulling out in front of me) where the sound of squealing tires from locking the brakes is NOT what I wanted to hear.
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