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Re: Ice And ABS (NO LBC)

To: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Ice And ABS (NO LBC)
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 21:31:44 -0600
Cc: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>, Spridgets <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
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Nolan Penney wrote:
> 
> MmHm, an amusing thread, with plenty of idiotic claims.  Locking all the 
>wheels up
> and fooling the abs, using a wedge of snow to stop the car, etc.  It's only 
>the auto
> folks that castigate ABS.  The aircraft field has had them and loved them for
> decades, because they work.  Motorcycle field has loved them as well.  So has 
>the
> trucking industry.  Even the rail roads have picked them up.

        I would appreciate if you were more careful with your use of the term
"idiotic." It's very easy to make yourself the fool throwing ill-considered
language around like that. Just because you have not seen or or are not able to
understand it doesn't make something idiotic. 
        I have raced a car with ABS and locked all wheels on my way into the 
weeds, and
seen it done twice on public roads with my own eyes. 
        The bit about the snow is true, also. Have you noticed how the snow 
sticks to
really good snow tires? It's intentional. 
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'87 RX-7 TII: Burns oil (because it's designed to).
'90 GS-500E: Doesn't burn oil (good engine design).
MCMLXIX Sprite: Doesn't burn oil (combustion temperature too low).
Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?


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