🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 22:23:07 -0500, C.R. Krieger <warp1@lakefield.net> wrote:
>Brandon Sommerville wrote in message <35ab5a66.84314618@news.v-wave.com>...
>>E. Faubion wrote:
>>
>>>grimrod@mindless.com (Brandon Sommerville) wrote:
>>>
>>>>What types of tires were tested?
>>>
>>>Tires typically used on passenger cars and trucks.
>>
>>So does that rule out Z rated tires?  Or low treadwear rated tires?
>>There is a huge difference in the rock hard long life tires and the
>>sportier tires, were any of those tested?
>
>Brandon, dude, Earl & I hashed this out about a year ago.  The standard
>rubber compound he uses (and refers to so obliquely) would manage about
>0.75-0.80 G under ideal conditions.  About 'average' for what's on most
>cars.  A Z (or, in my case *R*) compound throws off his calculations of
>speed, but it's in the favor of the driver on the soft compounds, since
>you're traveling a lot FASTER than his calculations would show with the
>'rock' compound.  It's likely he'd figure I was doing 25% slower than my
>actual speed by using these assumptions on my skid marks (if any)!  Bottom
>line is, it DOES rule out the gumballs I'm so fond of using on the street
>... and on the track.
>>
>>>>What differences have you
>>>>noted between ABS and non-ABS cars as far as stopping distances?
>>>
>>>ABS is usually shorter but not by as much as some people might think.
>>>The real value of ABS is in the retention of steering during emergency
>>>braking.
>>
>>Very true.  It also allows you to steer into things in a panic.  ;)
>
>C'mon; ease up.  You KNOW he's right about this.  It's not that the average

Aw c'mon, he put in a winky-smiley.

>dope steers INTO trouble with ABS, but that he DOESN'T steer AWAY from it.
>Just drives straight into whatever immovable object is in the way, all the
>while thinking, "WHY doesn't this thing STOP?"

Must be time to bring up all the "trained" police who had a "problem" with
ABS on their Caprices.  :)

>--
>C.R. Krieger
>"Ignore 'em, m'dear, they're beneath your dignity." - W.C. Fields
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