wahoo! winter & a.b.s. dont mix well

[450robot]

well, i guess i got the worst of winter yesterday.

i was traveling down a large hill on slick roads, when me and my buds came upon a person stopping on the hill to turn into a driveway.

tryed to put on the brakes, but they locked up (we were atleast slowing down enough to safely avoid the stopped truck)
until the abs decided it wanted to unlock my brakes, and let me slide into the truck in front on me

it wasnt bad, we just kind of tapped the back of him (maybe 5-8mph), but i was enough to bend my bumper down, put a crack in the middle, and dent his rear bumper

dont you just love winter?

[CRich[814]]

that sucks. someone else had problems with a ranger with abs here also.

[rider250ex]

i have an 00 ranger...it has abs but it never kicks in when its slippery.

[400exrider99]

thats one of the problems with abs. i think there are many times i could have stopped faster if my abs didnt kickin

[coolex]

Originally posted by 400exrider99
thats one of the problems with abs. i think there are many times i could have stopped faster if my abs didnt kickin

same here with my jeep

[Quad18star]

A.B.S. has it's advantages and disadvantages ... they work great when you're going 60 MPH and need to slam on the brakes during the winter .. atleast it won't put you into a 360 spin and you have steering control . But the times where you need to stop in a hurry and the ABS isn't allowing you to , well that sucks !!!!

[dunnonuttin]

Originally posted by coolex
same here with my jeep what year and kind of jeep do you have? cause i got a 92 cherokee and im not sure if it has abs or not i can lock the brakes up as much as i want to