snow + braking = hello ABS Options

[Valo666]

So, today we got the first snowfall that actually stayed on the ground for more than a second. Any ways, at every intersection there was alot of packed down snow witch froze over witch turned to some nice slippery ice. Any ways, i remember this from last year, but didnt pay to much attention to it, but pretty much if i hit the brakes more than 1/4 of the way down, my ABS kicks on. Not a big fan and i dont wanna disconnect the ABS, so i was wondering what would be causing the ABS to kick in so early?? could it be pads, rotors, the actuall abs sensors? personaly its just becoming a pain in the ass for me and i dont wanna deal with it all season long.

[Predator]

not a huge fan of ABS, I can do the braking myself, just gotta pump em gently and it does the job.

if your wheels lock and it goes off, its just doing what it was designed for. sounds normal to me

the thing is that where abs is the most valuable, in an emergency situation, you just wont be able to stop the car as soon as with abs.
let's say a kid runs out in front of you on a slippery road. it's hard to "pump em gently" in such a situation, even if you do, you wont use the tires grip as efficiently and you have to concentrate to keep the tires from locking up.
i'm not really a fan of all these systems that keep you from doing this and that but abs in one of the things i do like, can't really see anything negative with it

valo666: i guess you can pull the fuse for the abs and try without just to see how soon it locks up

This post has been edited by Predator: Dec 6, 2006 - 6:24 PM