[Shotimes] snow and ice

[Ron Childs]

My ABS will activate occasionally/rarely at the speed that one would make a
normal-speed sharp turn into a driveway. I had heard that it is caused by a software
glitch.

-Ron Childs  '91
 
--- Ron Nottingham <ron@v6sho.com> wrote:

> ----- 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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