you guys went way off base here.
I said the braking was ****ing terrible with the ABS enabled in the snow, and truth is, IT IS.. plain and simple. The ABS had me sliding through intersections braking from 30 miles an hour in a 40 mile hour speed limit zone on a 4 lane road ( which most our main roads are 3 to 4 lane). This was also at 2 am when where was no other traffic just to test the differences. I agree it is mostly about tires, but for what we had, it worked. And another thing, controlling it at 30 miles an hour to a dead stop wasn't making go out of control either. I agree maybe a higher speed stop yes, but at 30 to 0 it stopped pretty damn fast without the ABS enabled. I saw what you meant with the TCS not working with the ABS fuse pullled, but i only noticed it when starting off and getting up to 30 it was a little different of a feel. I forget that this car is also heavier than my STi.
I say it stopped on a dime because it felt much better and stopped faster without the ABS enabled to me so i noticed a huge difference. It didn't literally stop as good as my STi would on the dry with no snow. Maybe i'll choose my metaphor more carefully next time.
So it comes down to this. Without the ABS from 30 to 0 in the snow, the car stops better, no sliding through intersections, and stops a lot better ( and yes even when locked up ). With the ABS i went through a few intersections and stopped just about after them with the ABS enabled.
To answer your question about the electronically controlled whatever, i have no idea. I know it has a TCS light that was on, when i took it out.
Oh and Snowflake, guess what smart ass, i wasn't referring to the rotors so much as i was the pads asshat. New brakes def helped as opposed to the old rotted out pads and rotors which barely worked in the first place, which is why replaced them anyways. So they surely helped a lot better than the old ones i'm pretty sure.
