200tq ABS problem?

[Larry C Leung]

This is disappointing, especially in light of the lack of the defeat
switch. Leave it to Fred Munro to come up with a way to make a DYI defeat
look factory. At least M-B claimed (in '97) to have different ABS
performance maps to meet different surface conditions.

LL - NY

On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 22:37:15 -0800 (PST) Orin Eman <orin at drizzle.com>
writes:
>>
>> ABS wasn't designed to handle that situation. Done the same with my
>200Q.
>> If it's glare ice, I found that the ABS won't allow the car to stop,
>I
>> guess one wheel is always trying to lock, then another and so
>forth.
>> Manually modulated brakes and judicious use of speed seem to work
>best
>> here. Note directional control does drop when the ABS is off. I
>think
>> that the early generaltion ABS on these vintages of (all) cars (and
>our's
>> is 3 channel, not four) isn't up to today's standards.
>
>I didn't find the 1999 A4's ABS any better in this situation...
>gentle on the brakes - stop... stand on brakes - slide into
>intersection with ABS hammering away.
>
>Orin.