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I have always made it a point to test my brakes when there is snow to remind myself what a skid feels like.
Unfortunately this year I had a new car with ABS and on braking the car juddered like hell and kept travelling in a straight line.
Even when I reduced the brake the juddering continued and it was only by chance that the car did come to a standstill just before hitting a neighbours car.
It would be good if I could turn off the ABS when it snows.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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You can pull out ABS' fuse, but wouldn't advise it. The whole idea of ABS is that you are still able to steer while breaking so if your car just continued to go straight something is wrong...
Either only ice on the road (you can't cheat physics ) or bad tires (unlikely in new car).
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"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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deflinek wrote: if your car just continued to go straight something is wrong... That was probably an EBSAW(Error Between Seat And Wheel) in other words I probably froze - which does not bother me admitting to, because as an ex-biker I am aware of how easy it is to freeze when confronted by an unfamiliar set of circumstances.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I don't own a TV. I have 3 monitors on my desk, a laptop often enough on the side, a Galaxy Tab I rarely use, and an Android phone. But I don't own a TV.
Marc
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Well, I can't hang around here saving your necks all day. I guess I'll go and make a start on the ironing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD9d0ZrBnLE[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I used to be smug claiming I didn't watch the telly, but not even that is true anymore as I sit with the kids and watch Sandman before they're going to bed.
(For the culturally challenged, Sandman in this case[^] doesn't have anything to do with neither Neil Gaiman nor Metallica)
Politicians are always realistically manoeuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.
Buckminster Fuller
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Why has that peculiar looking creature got a flattened icicle where its tongue ought to be?
That's just plain weird...
Will Rogers never met me.
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It's a beard.
Politicians are always realistically manoeuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.
Buckminster Fuller
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Well you don't have to do quite as much explaining then.
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Sometimes one gets the feeling that Dexter is captain and project lead of the star ship Event Horizon sailing for blue skies and rainbows...
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There is a young lady call Susan who doesn't like to see moccasins when she visits the tanning studio.
She wants them off the premises so that she is the brightest thing in there.
"Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop"
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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I think "The Leith Police dismisseth us" is harder to say.
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"No more beer for me, I have to get home" is bloody impossible!
speramus in juniperus
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That's not even remotely difficult!
Try the classic "Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry" instead.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Dalek Dave wrote: "Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop" Is the that muggle sunshine or the CP sunshine?
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OK Let me try...
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
...look no problem at all.
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Q: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A: As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if she could chuck wood.
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Betty Boughta bought some butter. "But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I put this bitter butter in my batter, it will make my batter bitter." So Betty Boughta bought a bit of better butter, which made her bitter batter better.
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Hello,
Is switzerland good to visit during christmas. I know it will be cold but is swiz on stand still like UK during snow?
What's best place to visit. We just have 4 days.
Thanks
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Your bank vault to count your money?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Expensive. Take Dave's credit cards with you to be safe.
speramus in juniperus
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