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Your results may vary on traction control. It sucks on my wife's Edge. She has gotten it stuck a couple times, I neuter the stupid TC and when it isn't punching itself in the face it walks right out.This has gotten funny.... ABS is on every new vehicle for a reason... It's safer than non-ABS brakes. Cars are built to a high safety standard so things like traction control, abs, camera's, and sensors are all built onto vehicles to keep the people inside safe. period.
But It is pretty good on the new Ranger.
Says some guy on the internet... what does he know?$veryone thinks they are the best driver and they would never get into an accident because they would see it coming but that is pure BS.
I have too, I pretty much do not care for them.I've drove in plenty of vehicles with touch screens and they are not distracting at all.. No more distracting than reaching for your yoohoo bottle rolling on the floor...
If the system is working correctly and the sensors are not dirty/covered in snow... and if you opt for the higher end vehicle. Actually a 20yo vehicle probably isn't much different than a base model new one, both have 4 wheel ABS.To think a 20-30 yr old vehicle will stop better than a new vehicle is ridiculous. The sensors on the new car will be stopping the vehicle before you even think about hitting the brake pedal.
To be fair to this day the Apple II we had in kindergarten still seems kind of pointless... at least the IIE's had Oregon Trail.It's time to accept the touch screens like you did the computer. I'm sure you hated computers when they first came out too but now look at ya, posting on forums and getting into internet fights.
No, I am pretty sure I would see it again. After it was torched, upside down in a ditch. There is a reason there were not '85 Rangers on the board in Gone in 60 Seconds, they are not going to get loaded on a shipping container and exported. A chop shop ain't gonna mess around parting one out. It would be a joy rider probably with all my garage's tools in the back.As to thinking no one will steal your car because it's a manual, I guess your day might come when you learn the hard way. Yes, some thefts have been stopped due to manual transmissions but that doesn't mean it will deter everyone. It takes 2 seconds to lock or unlock a car door. How long do you think it would take to call police and tell them your car was stolen and track down your car? If its a nice car then you will probably never see it again and all you had to do was take a second to lock the door.... THE WORLD IS NOT AN HONEST PLACE AND IF YOU GIVE PEOPLE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT IT WILL BITE YOU IN THE ASS. Just saying.
A friend of mine had that happen with his mint foxbody pace car. They put all his tools in the back (trashing the interior) and made a wrong turn. Sheriff found it in the ditch on a mud road full of tools, unique valances were trashed and they had blown the engine trying to get it out.
I have taken other steps to help make sure mine doesn't wonder off aside from having three shifters sticking out of the floor.
I did it all the time when I was into tractor pulling. It is a lot easier when you can see the tires, are going less than 3mph and have differential brakes though.This is complete and utter nonsense.
You may 'think' you're a better driver and capable of outstopping ABS, but it's delusional.
You -cannot- measure slip at an individual wheel and correct for it point by point. It's simply not possible. With wheel speed sensors and a controller to monitor them, it's trivial for a computer to do so.
Whether or not you acknowledge reality doesn't change the facts of the matter.