You are thinking of too fair a weather my friend! I could have really used ABS in my Vanagon last night! The roads were covered in ice as the time went to 0C... hitting the brakes to stop the wheels just locked up when this happens you can't steer so you have to start pumping the brake pedal. This way you can remain in control, but ABS does a lot better of a job! My Audi 5000 quattro has ABS and I think it is kinda neat!
David Marshall Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 mailto:info@fastforward.ca http://www.fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992 1160 • Vanagon Accessories and Engine Conversions • Transporter, Unimog and Iltis Sales • European Lighting for most Audi and Volkswagen models
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of David Griffin Sent: November 17, 2000 7:40 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: ABS on a Vanagon ... wha'???
<I have seen this in the ETKA CD along with all of the other cool things that we never got:> I can only thank the VW gods that such a Mongolian Cluster...party as ABS never found it's way onto MY Vanagon. A computer to run one's brakes? Bah! I confess my prejudices, but doesn't it seem rather opposed to the VW spirit of simplicity to clutter it up with this kind of overengineered junk? David Griffin 85 Westy (has many names, depending) |
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