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You are out of luck because you are not nice enough and you seem
to me to prefer staying with your ignorant point of view...

Is English your native language and you think everybody is the same as you?
Or that if somebody who makes some language mistakes
it is some indication of his lack of technical knowledge?
Don't be such an arrogant American who thinks that if somebody
does not speak or write perfect English his must be dumb in
everything else...

Braking distance is not all what is important in car safety.
Do some reading and maybe you will learn what you are missing.

I am not your buddy.

There will be no structural rust on 8 years old car but it is a good
chance that 20 years old civic will not be strong enough to crash safely.

I am here long enough to learn very well how arrogant and impolite you are.

 

Then how do you know you "prefer" car without ABS?
It is like saying I do not like chocolate icecream
without trying them

To apreciate ABS you need to own a car with one.
Until you drive cars without it you do not know
what you are missing.

Texas? Phoenix?

I was talking about daily e-mail from carfax.com, not dealers.

 

Then how do you know you "prefer" car without ABS?
It is like saying I do not like chocolate icecream
without trying them

To apreciate ABS you need to own a car with one.
Until you drive cars without it you do not know
what you are missing.

Texas? Phoenix?

I was talking about daily e-mail from carfax.com, not dealers.

 

Interesting. I wonder if curb weight listings may be a European legal
requirement. Of particular and odd note here is the UK service manual's use
of the American spelling "curb" rather than the standard British spelling
of "kerb".

I notice our Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) appears to be called
"Max. Permissible Weight" over there.

Given the differences in powerplants, equipment and structure between
overseas and North America (and even between Canada and the US), I'd be
inclined to use curb weights as relative, comparative measures, not
absolute ones. You're doing that already, I know.

 

Interesting. I wonder if curb weight listings may be a European legal
requirement. Of particular and odd note here is the UK service manual's use
of the American spelling "curb" rather than the standard British spelling
of "kerb".

I notice our Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) appears to be called
"Max. Permissible Weight" over there.

Given the differences in powerplants, equipment and structure between
overseas and North America (and even between Canada and the US), I'd be
inclined to use curb weights as relative, comparative measures, not
absolute ones. You're doing that already, I know.

 

I prefer owning a car w/o ABS because I have (1) read the
reports of the additional effort required to work on brakes
w/ABS; (2) seen ABS parts fail on others' cars; (3) read
about how little advantage ABS is, especially for where I
live (little rain and snow). More complicated is undesirable
to me.

Your opinion of the better braking of ABS is noted. People
can google and see reports of how they are really not
notably superior especially for xyz situations and confirm
my opinion is shared by many.

 

I prefer owning a car w/o ABS because I have (1) read the
reports of the additional effort required to work on brakes
w/ABS; (2) seen ABS parts fail on others' cars; (3) read
about how little advantage ABS is, especially for where I
live (little rain and snow). More complicated is undesirable
to me.

Your opinion of the better braking of ABS is noted. People
can google and see reports of how they are really not
notably superior especially for xyz situations and confirm
my opinion is shared by many.

 

oh, don't be a spoil-sport! tell us anyway!

honestly, i'm not as interested in your spelling as i am your ability to
have an opinion on something you don't seem to know anything about.

eh? that's an incredibly bizarre statement! personally, i'd rather
avoid the accident than have one, and braking distance is a fundamental
component of that.

i read extensively. you simply don't know what you don't know.

i'd be your buddy if a helmet saved your life!

eh? have you ever been up north?

rubbish. my 19 year old california civic is completely rust free.

like i care!!!

 

oh, don't be a spoil-sport! tell us anyway!

honestly, i'm not as interested in your spelling as i am your ability to
have an opinion on something you don't seem to know anything about.

eh? that's an incredibly bizarre statement! personally, i'd rather
avoid the accident than have one, and braking distance is a fundamental
component of that.

i read extensively. you simply don't know what you don't know.

i'd be your buddy if a helmet saved your life!

eh? have you ever been up north?

rubbish. my 19 year old california civic is completely rust free.

like i care!!!

 

I own a car with ABS. I live in the Northeast. I do find that it
comes in handy when driving on black ice, but if I lived in the South,
where snow and ice are rare, I'd prefer a car without it.

 

I own a car with ABS. I live in the Northeast. I do find that it
comes in handy when driving on black ice, but if I lived in the South,
where snow and ice are rare, I'd prefer a car without it.

 

WTF would you know? you live in california. THe biggest problem there
is rain after after 4 months without a drop onto oily pavement and
people driving into each other due to tailgating in fog at 80 mpg.

 

WTF would you know? you live in california. THe biggest problem there
is rain after after 4 months without a drop onto oily pavement and
people driving into each other due to tailgating in fog at 80 mpg.

 

Read again what I have written. I did not say it is not important.
I am just saying it is not the only thing that matters.

of course. only you know it all.

of course not, only you have been everywhere and know it all.
Everybody else is stupid compared to you, Majesty.

California again... Who is talking here about California besides you?
I was talking in general. Of course in places where rust is not an issue
structural rust will not be an issue. How hard is it to understand?

Exactly my point - you don't! And this is just the problem.

 

Read again what I have written. I did not say it is not important.
I am just saying it is not the only thing that matters.

of course. only you know it all.

of course not, only you have been everywhere and know it all.
Everybody else is stupid compared to you, Majesty.

California again... Who is talking here about California besides you?
I was talking in general. Of course in places where rust is not an issue
structural rust will not be an issue. How hard is it to understand?

Exactly my point - you don't! And this is just the problem.

 

so wear a helmet!

how hard is it for you to stop ducking and diving? you made a blanket
condemnation of older vehicles on the premise of rust. i pointed out
that not only is it not that simple, but that /i/ have the privilege of
living in california where i get to own and drive a vehicle that doesn't
have that problem. so your bullshit blanket condemnation is wrong! or,
in your words, "How hard is it to understand?"

cry me a river.

 

so wear a helmet!

how hard is it for you to stop ducking and diving? you made a blanket
condemnation of older vehicles on the premise of rust. i pointed out
that not only is it not that simple, but that /i/ have the privilege of
living in california where i get to own and drive a vehicle that doesn't
have that problem. so your bullshit blanket condemnation is wrong! or,
in your words, "How hard is it to understand?"

cry me a river.

 

you contradict yourself.

 

you contradict yourself.

 

Only reader lacking some screws in his head would assume
that my coment about rust would apply to car in California...

Also, I am really not sure why do you think a fact you live in California
is anyhow relevant to this discussion. Are we talking about new
car for you here? How many times are you going to mention
again YOUR location here?

You are such a waste of my time...