Re: Just shoot me!

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <379A85C4.8141453B@concentric.net> Bill Elliott writes:

> The conventional list wisdom is not to modify the suspension, as the
> Granada is prone to a handling fault which we refer to as a "spider
> bite".  Something about the differential.  However, our UK listers seem
> not to have such a problem, so maybe they can help you out here.

Almost funny.  The UK car's major problem was in the ABS.  On a truly
bad surface, it was comparatively easy to lock all four wheels and send
the ABS to sleep.  My boss wrote his car off and claimed this was why -
I spent a couple of hours on a frozen parking lot verifying it.

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 Phil Payne
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