Thread: New Improved BUB002

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)

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
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--
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
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
but all the press is right,, it does seem fast!
Even Mrs Pedro said " you sure you pressed the button"

Originally Posted by discowhite

i dont like the ABS for off road either pedro!
you cant tell how much pedal pressure you have anymore.
just wait till your in a sphincter stretching situation and the brake pedal starts to kick!

now where to put the switch to turn it on and off
cheers phil

in line with the fuse....?