Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:30:26 GMT From: "Alex Cheng" <acheng2nopsamabay.rr.com> Subject: Re: Question about antilock brakes
Last I saw, the 205/50ZR16's on NG900 turbos cost $200 a corner. I hope you are saving up on your coupons.... Alex "gupgo" <hilphilnopsametinternet.be> wrote in message news:381d7c88.8718765nopsam.planetinternet.be... > The emergency brake can be useful in some situations like turning 180° > on a wet surface: very spectacular althoug rather easy. I can imagine > it is possible to avoid some head-on collisions this way, but I don't > know you would have the time or the instinct to react this way. > Practising this technique (in a save environment of course) learned me > a lot about my cars handling in extreme conditions. It is almost the > only way to make a FWD oversteer (besides stepping off the throtlle > when cornering fast). > ABS (like the safety-belt) turns out to be a great system in 99% of > the cases. Those systems do not reduce the amount of accidents because > people tend to depend on them. > > regards, > > Gupgo >