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Stupid ABS ...I demand an off switch

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    #32
    Special Circumstances
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    Ah, forget about disabling ABS in anything that new.


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    #33
    macplaxton
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 2,957 Mod ✭✭✭✭macplaxton


    galwaytt wrote: »
    It's your tyres, not the ABS.

    Nah, it's the ABS as well. ABS is ****e with fresh snow, (but it keeps everything in a straight line)



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    #34
    NiallBoo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭NiallBoo


    OSI wrote: »
    That tyre hasn't been made in years and has been replaced 3 times over by the asymmetric models.

    Cool, just saying that's what the previous poster was talking about.


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    #35
    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    just to settle that argument...this is what the Nangkangs look like

    nankang_sp5_surpax_rf.jpg


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    #36
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    OSI wrote: »
    What "V" ?

    image.jpg
    OSI wrote: »
    That tyre hasn't been made in years and has been replaced 3 times over by the asymmetric models.

    Don't be so bloody pedantic! if your so clued up on how many times it's been superceded then you are also well aware of the tyre I meant and that I was only referring to the thread pattern on it.


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    #37
    galvo_clare
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭galvo_clare


    Allinall wrote: »
    Switching off ABS definitely won't make your car stop any quicker, or in a shorter distance.

    It will on snow or gravel. Audi used to fit an ABS switch in the 80s for this very reason.


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    #38
    blackbox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,170 ✭✭✭blackbox


    galvo_clare wrote: »
    It will on snow or gravel. Audi used to fit an ABS switch in the 80s for this very reason.

    ...only on deep snow or deep gravel where the locked wheel digs in and builds up a dam of material in front of it.


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    #39
    kirving
    Registered Users Posts: 5,920 ✭✭✭kirving


    Newer cars (with more complex ABS systems) should first release the brakes, then realise that the car is stopping no more quickly, and reapply the brakes.

    Of course the car will then try the same again in order to maintain steering, but it should mean that for gravel, the brakes will stay locked for more of the time than they would on a wet road for example.


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    #40
    joujoujou
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    OSI wrote: »
    That tyre hasn't been made in years and has been replaced 3 times over by the asymmetric models.
    Wrong.

    Both GSD3 and asymmetric are still in stock.


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    #41
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    joujoujou wrote: »
    Wrong.

    Both GSD3 and asymmetric are still in stock.

    Old stock you can be sure. People will go for the new versions when buying so if they had a decent stock GDS3 it could take many years to sell it off.


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    #42
    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    joujoujou wrote: »
    Wrong.

    Both GSD3 and asymmetric are still in stock.
    Dax Few Baboon wrote: »
    Old stock you can be sure. People will go for the new versions when buying so if they had a decent stock GDS3 it could take many years to sell it off.

    I thought we had settled that argument :rolleyes:


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    #43
    NiallBoo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭NiallBoo


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Its the internet nobody everybody (else) is ever always wrong!

    Fixed


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