Re: Carfax, Buying Used, & Craigslist.org

Pszemol wrote:
> "jim beam" <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> AZ Nomad wrote:
>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:25:33 -0700, jim beam 
>>> <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> abs is /fantastic/ for people like my grandmother who will do 
>>>> something like skid on the freeway, all 4 wheels locked, and sit 
>>>> there pressing the pedal as hard as she can while she has absolutely 
>>>> no control of the vehicle whatsoever.  when i'm old enough to drive 
>>>> like her, maybe i'll consider abs.  in the mean time, as long as i 
>>>> know about cadence braking and friction coefficients, i'm quite 
>>>> happy with standard brakes thanks.
>>>
>>> WTF would you know?  you live in california.  THe biggest problem
there
>>> is rain after after 4 months without a drop onto oily pavement and
>>> people driving into each other due to tailgating in fog at 80 mpg.
>>
>> you contradict yourself.
> 
> He just told you that you could benefit from ABS even without snow/ice 
> in your area.
> 

jeepers - how do the treacherous slippery oily pavement conditions we 
get down here after the first few days of rain /possibly/ have anything 
to do with treacherous slippery conditions of ice and snow?