My baby got smashed...
Yea...I'm not too happy withhthe ABS, seems to go off way to easily, and I'm wondering if you compared a ABS and non-ABS car in emergency braking distances, which would do better.
The reason I say this is bc I got into a rear-ender last weekend. It was labor day, and I had to go to the mall to do some errands. I hate being around malls, esp on weekends & holidays, IQ's seem to drop about 20 pts ( and 20 more on a holiday.)
Needless to say, one guy cut off another guy in front of me and he had to slam on his brakes. I was in a second wave of traffic, going fairly slow several car lengths back, and had to slam on my brakes. I had nowhere to go, and the car stopped bout 1.5 ft too short, whack!...right into his bumper....
:mad:
The ABS came on real fast, and my car just did not stop as fast as it seems it should have. The pavement was dry and clear btw. Granted, it would have been a little hair-raising either way, but I was back what I thought was a safe dist. I had been disappointed w/ the ABS before this mess, as it would come on even during moderate braking on clear hwy's, when the tires should be nowhere near locking. Maybe its not the ABS, and it is mostly my fault and lots of bad luck, but I am a little weary of the braking in my car. Now even more so...This sucks, over 10 yrs of driving and this is my first accident...
Fortunately no 1 was hurt, and the damage was fairly minor, but it will be at least 3 weeks before I get it back. Hood just crumpled, and air dam toasted, rad punctured, but no frame, susp, or engine damage. Held up well overall I would say though, just looks real ugly.
