You all seem like a smart bunch so let me post a hypothetical question. First a little background l:
Last summer we bought our daughter her first car, a 2002 Honda Accord. Unbeknownst to me at the time, it does not have antilock brakes.
Fast forward to earlier this winter, I drive the Accord during a snow event and I realized that, while I do consider ABS to be a good and important safety feature, they suck on snow and ice. Non-ABS actually brakes better in those conditions, specifically at slow (neighborhood and parking lot) speeds as it allows the brakes to work. ABS just keeps pumping the brakes to keep them from locking up, which is (to me) not particularly appealing at these lower speeds.
So now my question: would turning off the ABS on my Mazda 6 (my car, wife drives CX-9) be detrimental to it? I was thinking about just pulling the fuse before the next snow event and putting it back in afterwards. Im sure the ABS light will turn on, but otherwise? Thanks!
Last summer we bought our daughter her first car, a 2002 Honda Accord. Unbeknownst to me at the time, it does not have antilock brakes.
Fast forward to earlier this winter, I drive the Accord during a snow event and I realized that, while I do consider ABS to be a good and important safety feature, they suck on snow and ice. Non-ABS actually brakes better in those conditions, specifically at slow (neighborhood and parking lot) speeds as it allows the brakes to work. ABS just keeps pumping the brakes to keep them from locking up, which is (to me) not particularly appealing at these lower speeds.
So now my question: would turning off the ABS on my Mazda 6 (my car, wife drives CX-9) be detrimental to it? I was thinking about just pulling the fuse before the next snow event and putting it back in afterwards. Im sure the ABS light will turn on, but otherwise? Thanks!