![]() 05/14/2014 at 20:21 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
It rode like a dream. It accelerated and turned about like I expected. But the brakes, or rather, the lack there of, were what I noticed most. My dad instructed me to perform a panic stop on an empty road at 30mph. All 4 tires locked up, and the car veered to the left and skidded to a stop, a very long ways away from where I had first braked. As it turns out, the best way to stop a 6000lb Cadillac without ABS is to use the back of the car in front of you.
![]() 05/14/2014 at 20:22 |
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Hey, that about sounds what my car that's supposed to have ABS does!
![]() 05/14/2014 at 20:27 |
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Pump the brakes brah.
![]() 05/14/2014 at 20:27 |
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You should look at 2nd gen Trans Ams... They do the same thing but with more 70s style
![]() 05/14/2014 at 20:35 |
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Tried that too. It resulted in a slightly jerkier stop, not much else.
![]() 05/14/2014 at 20:39 |
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One thing I really miss on new cars is the ability to slide to a stop partly sideways in the oncoming lane within a cloud of tire smoke. ABS takes all the fun and theatrics out of panic stops.
![]() 05/14/2014 at 20:41 |
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I still start stopping way sooner than most people on the road due to my formative experiences in 60s and 70s land yachts and suburbans.
![]() 05/14/2014 at 21:08 |
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It also takes all the death out of it, but nevertheless.
![]() 05/14/2014 at 21:10 |
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you need more practice
![]() 05/14/2014 at 21:14 |
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well there is that I suppose, if you're interested in not dying and all.
![]() 05/14/2014 at 22:19 |
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Ive always wanted a fleetwood all black lowered 0.5 - 1 inch with a lightly built ls3 under the hood