Blimey that bucket takes a big portion

useful for parking caravans too.. 5 minutes with that and the van is much smaller  At work
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Of course, most of the snow in Norway is dry snow (colder or powdery snow if you like), but also wet snow during early and late winter when the air temperatures can be higher. I cant say I can recall any of the problem breaking conditions being mentioned here i.e. longer ABS breaking distances. snow wedging etc. ABS breaking always works efficiently as I would imagine it should, with no suggestion of longer breaking distances than without ABS. The reason for this maybe that our vehicles are fitted with tyres to cope with the conditions and as earlier mentioned it is illegal to use normal tyres in winter.

Although I have driven lots in British snow that was before ABS-days. My visits these days do not corrispond with the UK winter  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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chicken george wrote:

useful for parking caravans too.. 5 minutes with that and the van is much smaller

Blimey any chance to have a pop at us caravanners

Honestly boys and their toys

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If I live in the Snow Belt, how can I benefit from ABS?

Even in fresh snow conditions, you gain the advantages of better steerability and stability with four-wheel ABS than with a conventional system that could result in locked wheels.

In exchange for an increased stopping distance, the vehicle will remain stable and maintain full steering since the wheels won't be locked. The gain in stability makes a potential increase in stopping distances an acceptable compromise for most drivers. All in all, these benefits outweigh the rare instances where the ABS system increases distances over non-ABS equipped vehicles.

 

If the ABS is cutting in ! your braking to hard or or traveling too fast for the tires to grip the road/snow.
(Just slow down or fit studded tires) its winter time.
ABS is one of the best safety devises fitted to a modern car.

jp wrote:

If the ABS is cutting in ! your braking to hard or or traveling too fast for the tires to grip the road/snow.
(Just slow down or fit studded tires) its winter time.
ABS is one of the best safety devises fitted to a modern car.

Mmmm like I am not actually aware of this already

I would just like the option to be able to turn it off temporarily, hence this thread.

The default setting should be that it is on.. no argument there.

christian138 wrote:

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If I live in the Snow Belt, how can I benefit from ABS?

Even in fresh snow conditions, you gain the advantages of better steerability and stability with four-wheel ABS than with a conventional system that could result in locked wheels.

In exchange for an increased stopping distance, the vehicle will remain stable and maintain full steering since the wheels won't be locked. The gain in stability makes a potential increase in stopping distances an acceptable compromise for most drivers. All in all, these benefits outweigh the rare instances where the ABS system increases distances over non-ABS equipped vehicles.

This may be true with summer tyres in snow conditions - Fit WINTER tyres and the stopping distance will be SHORTER than without ABS

If you compare breaking hard on a water logged asphalt road with and without ABS - which system would give you the shortest breaking distance

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