Model Choice - SO hard to choose

[MDF]

If you want to stop in a straight line ASAP, just slam the brakes as hard as you can...it will ruin your tires and leave rubber marks, but ABS wont help you stop any faster than that...

Originally Posted by naossoan

Is ABS really all that important? from tests Ive read on the net it doesn't reduce the stopping distance by THAT much. Not sure on this car specifically but from midsize cars at 60 mph to 0 ABS cuts the distance by a bit but not a HUGE amount.

What's the opinion of all you Yaris owners out there?

I mean I can save a lot of money by not going with it which I would rather do....but if I'm gonna die for it...it's all for not.
-Nao out

[static808]

Originally Posted by MDF

If you want to stop in a straight line ASAP, just slam the brakes as hard as you can...it will ruin your tires and leave rubber marks, but ABS wont help you stop any faster than that...

agreed. i think abs is intended for emergency braking maneuvers. my old civic without abs actually stopped sooner than a civic with abs. probably since my civic was bottom of the line, while the civic with abs had all the goodies, making it heavier...

--B