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"Mark B." <spam_*this*_@see.my.sig> wrote:

>Earl, face the facts -- your one-size-fits-all c.o.f. model is
>*PURE BULLSHIT*. 

You really don't understand the problem do you?  The c.o.f. is a
variable determined from testing based on the vehicle and surface in
question and for some mysterious reason our tests out in the real
world rarely ever approach the 1g idealistic data published in a
magazine.  I have to able to back up the data I use in a court of law.
Any half-assed attorney would have your stuff tossed out in no time. 

>Wide, sticky, street-legal tires, can *routinely* approach or EXCEED
>1G deceleration on ordinary road surfaces.

Yes they can.  Apparently your temper got the better of you before you
read where I wrote that 1g is not impossible but was rare.   I hope
you control that temper much better when behind the wheel. 

>My *bone stock* Contour SVT (on factory 205/55ZR16 Goodyear GS-C's)
>can haul down from 60 mph in 120-125' -- on *bone stock* crappy PA
>roads (I've measured it repeatedly with a G-Tech Pro accelerometer).

That's almost 1g of acceleration.   How nice.

> I've seen the term "scuff marks" (rather than
>"skid marks") used in conjunction with ABS footprints

Essentially the same thing.  They are measured the same way.

>Clearly, *most* of the
>pros in the business understand the difference between "rolling"
>and "sliding" -- so if *you* still believe one-c.o.f.-fits-all,
>you're hopelessly behind the times.

I never wrote that.  It was an assumption you made in your haste to
make try and make a point.

>> Boycott. Refuse to violate their idiotic laws and the problem is
>> solved.  If that doesn't teach them a lesson I don't know what will.

>Not worth the trouble.

Of course not.   It's much easier to keep on speeding and worry about
a ticket.  It's your choice.  And you'd best work on that temper
before it bites you in the butt.   

 

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