They tried magnesium chloride a couple of years. It's supposed to be more friendly to the environment but it's hell on alloy wheels so that didn't work out. I think they tried sugar beet brine last winter.
Why don't all cars have mudguards?
Jun 25, 2021
Last reply: 5 years ago
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Every day.
Even my last two motorcycles have had ABS.
Me too but we are drawing from a 200' deep aquifer that was artesian
30 years ago, I just had to drop my pump from 60 feet to 100 last month. F****ng golf courses and snowbirds who think grass is supposed to be green in dry season. The salt is already at 500-900 PPM and pretty soon it will be killing that grass. I do run the water we drink through an R/O, just to get the salt out.
No argument there. I'm not retired, but if the roads are bad we're not expected to come to the office. It used to be a day off, but now "work from home" is well established. Damn covid!
Last winter my husband was scheduled for some tests at a local hospital early in the morning after the worst snowstorm of the season. I drove him there in his FJ Cruiser, which powered through the snow just fine. (Quite different from solid ice, I realize.) By the time the tests were done, the roads were cleared and just wet.
Cindy Hamilton
All of this does explain why we see so many Michigan tags in the winter.
A decent, recent, ABS system will release the brakes on the locking wheel only which is something you can't do through the pedal.
I've had cars where when empty the rears lock first, but when loaded the fronts lock first. ABS will cope with that, even if you are in a corner or on muddy patches.
Andy
My '85 Toyota 4x4 had a Load Sensing Proportioning Valve, I think that's what they called it, and I could never seem to adjust it properly. With ABS, that problem is taken care of.
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