Pedro_The_Swift
3rd June 2006, 06:58 PM
Finally took the new one on its maiden dirt outing this arvo,, (and being a former Toorak tractor it could well have BEEN its maiden dirt road:lol:)
Wanted to try the ABS, see if all the "rear door dust" posts were true, try out hill decent and traction control.
Well, the ABS is a marvel,, though the first shudder through the pedal is definatly weird:eek:
finding maximum brake effort is easy in the D1,, just lock everything up. simple.
ABS sort of complicates it a little,, how hard do you push? do you push till it pulses at you? but if the rubble suddenly disappears and your left with a good friction surface-- no pulse! and normal reaction is to push harder again,,,
I hope I'm making sense here--:huh:
anyway after a couple of 100kay to zero stops,, ABS- 2 thumbs up!
You gotta love autos uphill,, then add traction control, a little left foot braking and bingo!
over confidence :lol::p
It does make slow work much easier, though I hope all the noises coming from up front were supposed to be there!!
The jury 's still out on HDC,, I need a bigger hill:lol:
but all the press is right,, it does seem fast!
Even Mrs Pedro said " you sure you pressed the button" :D
Wanted to try the ABS, see if all the "rear door dust" posts were true, try out hill decent and traction control.
Well, the ABS is a marvel,, though the first shudder through the pedal is definatly weird:eek:
finding maximum brake effort is easy in the D1,, just lock everything up. simple.
ABS sort of complicates it a little,, how hard do you push? do you push till it pulses at you? but if the rubble suddenly disappears and your left with a good friction surface-- no pulse! and normal reaction is to push harder again,,,
I hope I'm making sense here--:huh:
anyway after a couple of 100kay to zero stops,, ABS- 2 thumbs up!
You gotta love autos uphill,, then add traction control, a little left foot braking and bingo!
over confidence :lol::p
It does make slow work much easier, though I hope all the noises coming from up front were supposed to be there!!
The jury 's still out on HDC,, I need a bigger hill:lol:
but all the press is right,, it does seem fast!
Even Mrs Pedro said " you sure you pressed the button" :D