ABS

[Guest keltik]

When i was at Turoa on that crappy day a few weeks ago they had 2 inches of ice in the car park. The Legacy just refused to stop untill one back wheel locked up and skewed the car sideways. Im sure if i tried i couldve stopped a lot quicker but just stomping on the pedal resulted in SFA braking.

[newsuba]

ABS and ESP should be compulsory on all new cars.

They are two of the biggest safety features since seatbelts.

And don't go saying ABS is for those who can't drive.

If it's good enough for Porsche testdriver Walter Rohrl, who reckons he goes faster around the Nordschleife with ABS and TC on, then it should be good enough for almost everyone else.

;D

And to answer the OP's initail Q;

ABS was optional on the WRX (except Type RA) from the very first cars.

[funkytown]

whats about the DCCD dilema - truth or hersay?

[newsuba]

True on models up to STi v8.

Subaru weren't smart enough to integrate DCCD with ABS.

No great shame as a decade earlier Audi had the same problem of making ABS work with diff locks in their Quattros.

V8 STi Spec C's had ABS and DCCD with manual and auto modes.

This continued with later versions.

Be mindful the ABS systems in our old Imprezas and Legacies are primitive compared to the latest systems seen on the best current cars.

A few weeks ago I had a drive in the latest Golf GTI and its electronic systems were totally seamless.