Cars don't drive themselves. I drive an older Subaru ( 2001 ) and with
snows on ... it's the greatest car I've ever driven. I'm not in the
financial league to buy the latest and greatest, but to me it's great.
Brake wise, I learned this fall that performance summer tires on the
"slippery as" snow aren't a good thing. My understanding is that ABS does
not stop you faster, but allows you to keep some directional control.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Lieb
> ABS works on speed difference between the wheels.That's one reason why
> it doesn't go off at a dead stop. Lock 'em up at 0mph, and then start to
> slide, and it'll do you no good. But if you let go and start rolling,
> and then apply the brakes, and the wheels slip, voila, ABS!
All well and good, Chris, but on ice where none of the four wheels has
any traction, ABS does ABSolutely no good at all. Likewise, having a
Subaru WRX STi with all the Torsens in the world does you no good
when you high-center it on a snowdift, but it certainly was highly
entertaining for the rest of us to watch the Polish dude try to figure
out why his "invincible" car was not moving ;-)
David Lieb
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