Anti-lock brakes

[Colt45]

you can turn ABS on/off in my car.

I don't care too much either way. I'm used to no ABS, but I can drive with it too.

 

[Muadib]

Abs is the best thing to happen to the automobile in the last 20 years.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I really dislike ABS.

In spirited driving, if I touch my brakes when a wheel loses contact with the ground it kicks in & pisses me off.

I've never been able to "Stomp & Steer" well.

It's unnerving to drivers when it kicks in unless you've practiced using it. And drivers experiencing it for the first time are usually in an emergency situation.

I grew up driving on gravel & on ice & snow without ABS, you learn the fine points of braking in those environments...

I agree that ABS can be annoying once in a while, when you don't really want it to kick in, but I have to disagree with you for gravel and ice conditions.

I grew up driving a RWD hatchback without ABS. In the snow or ice, I can spin the car around and catch it, powerslide with relative ease, etc (basically what I'm saying is that one ice my car control is pretty good, all of this happening at parking lot speeds). I can't stop the car on ice nearly as fast without ABS, because I can't individually control all 4 wheels to prevent lockup.