[Shotimes] snow and ice

[Bill Murray]

Ron I think what you mean, is that the car must first go over a certain
speed before the ABS will work on decel.

Example: Put car in drive, step on the gas and get up to 8 mph by the
end of your driveway, hit the brakes, no ABS.  Do the same thing but
break that "set" speed and the ABS will work, even if you were doing 8
mph when you slammed the pedal.  It doesn't mean the ABS won't work if
you were doing 8mpg, you just have to have been going over the set speed
earlier on.

This is how it was explained to me.  The Taurus, and probably others
won't re-engage the ABS until a certain amount of time has passed
either.  If the ABS kicks on and you let off and step on it again, the
brakes will lock up.  You need to have the brakes released for a certain
amount of time before the ABS will engage again if necessary.

Bill Murray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Nottingham [mailto:ron@v6sho.com] 
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:39 AM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] snow and ice
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bjshov8" <bjshov8@comcast.net>
> >
> > Back when I was driving the Jetta I remember one of our 
> yuppie employees 
> > had
> > a new 325e, with antilock brakes.  He came driving into our 
> parking lot
> > which was nothing but a pure skating rink.  When he touched 
> the brakes 
> > they
> > locked up, the fancy anitlock brake system in his car 
> turned off the 
> > brakes,
> > and he rolled all the way across the parking lot and into 
> the brick wall.
> > When I arrived shortly after that the simple brakes in my 
> Jetta didn't 
> > have
> > any trouble stopping.
> 
> Just how fast was he going? ABS does not work under 25 or so 
> mph. Remember 
> that folks, and let's repeat - ABS does not work at slow speeds.
> 
> Ron Nottingham - Dalton, GA
> 89 325i
> 90 SHO
> 
> "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"
> 
> 
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