RE: Why did tires 'chirp' in panic stop?

[Anand Dhanda <Dhandas@internetmci.com>]

On my new A4 and on my '92 Benz S Class it chirps the tires...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> [mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]On Behalf Of Andrew Duane USG
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 9:58 AM
> To: frank@zk3.dec.com
> Cc: Quattro List
> Subject: Re: Why did tires 'chirp' in panic stop?
>
>
> Hairy green toads from Mars made Douglas Frank USG say:
>
> > Day before yesterday, I was 'spacing' behind another car whose
> brake lights
> > came on unexpectedly.  I stood on the pedal and stopped in
> plenty of time
> > (luckily I wasn't tailgating as usual), but managed to 'chirp' the front
> > tires a bit.
> >
> > Now, my car has ABS.  Why would the tires squeal?  It ain't supposed to
> > skid!  I felt nothing in the pedal-- no pumping.  I was doing
> about 35 MPH
> > at the time.
>
> My new '95 A6 seems to do this, too. It's like there's a threshhold
> for the ABS to kick in. My two older cars don't; the ABS is on
> immediately when needed.
>
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