< Snip > >>For some reason, they put ABS on the front, but left the rear free to lock >>up.
I'm not gonna defend that but obviously it was done in an attempt to keep steering control. A neat trick on a low coefficient of friction surface - trying to keep up with the out-of-control rear tires. Would have worked better if the truck was driven loaded (the vehicle, not the driver!) Ford was the first to provide rear ABS on their line of light trucks (F, E series & Ranger). Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT (Bikey): A robust defence of Elle Macpherson > William Robb wrote: > >> My first experience with ABS was an inexplicably stupid implementation of >> it >> on a Nissan Axxess. For some reason, they put ABS on the front, but left >> the >> rear free to lock up. >> It was an interesting winter car. > > Yep, I had a pickup truck like that, too. Hated it in the rain (we > don't really get snow around Atlanta) and on ice it was hopeless with my > inexperienced hands on the wheel. It took a real numbnuts to put ABS on > one end only, and pick the front. :-( Must've been a marketing geek (as > opposed to an engineering geek) who made that decision. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
