Re: [Amc-list] OT:Follow the directions

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Probably be some big stink to get the traction control and abs to dissable in pursuit mode.
Then some big stink about getting the system put back to "normal" when the vehicle is resold.
Some more big stink about them not being liable should the officers wreck the car....

Me I like ABS.
When it works.
When it brakes it sucks.
OUr XJ and Altima to not have it, no problem.
My Dakota had rear. it was OK
S10 had four wheel. it was OK
The WJ has four wheel. It is OK

Would I pay for it if I had the option to not get it?
NO!
Airbags?
Yep, different item.
I'd take side curtains too.
Though I usually look both ways before pulling out...

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> --- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > traction control and abs are already leaching
> > critical thinking from
> > our drivers.  car talk had a caller a few weeks ago,
> > not a youngster
> > iirc, who said his volvo [sic] vibrated when he
> > stepped on the brakes,
> > but only on snow and ice, and he asked how did it
> > know?  to their
> > credit, they replied right off that it was his abs,
> > and if it was
> > happening he was driving way too fast.
> > 
> > traction control will teach drivers to treat the
> > accelerator like an
> > on/off switch too.
> 
> I was re-reading an old Hemmings MM mag last night,
> particularly the aricle about the LAPD training
> center.  The LAPD was evaluating the latest Mopar cop
> car entry (Magnum?) with the Hemi and although they
> liked the power of the engine, they were very leery of
> the traction control.  They did not want the computer
> taking over during extreme maneuvers during a pursuit.
>  They wanted the officer (driver) to have total
> control and would train him/her on that basis.  I
> don't know if Mopar ever submitted a formal entry. 
> This was just a test car.
> 
> Joe Fulton
> 
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