Brake assist sucks. My wife's GS430 has it and we both dislike the way the
brakes feel. It's super-sensitive and the pedal is so light there is very
little "feel" to the brakes at all. And to make matter worse, past a certain
point it brakes exponentially harder as you push further, but without
sufficiently increasing the pedal resistance. There is plenty of braking
power and the car stops very well, it's just that brake assist makes it
harder to control and modulate.
I think brake assist was invented for the same "drivers" who aimed for the
brake pedal yet missed and accidentally hit the accelerator on their Audis a
few years back. Of course they reported it as a car problem called
"spontaneous acceleration". . .
-- Mike (who likes cars that spontaneously accelerate when you hit the gas)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Thana, Peter
{High~Palo Alto}
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 11:05
To: 'Grantz, Sherry'; 'ba-autox@autox.team.net'
Subject: RE: Hot Stock Cars in 2002
As it's currently written, I'd have to say:
SS: Duh...
AS: Boxster S, C4 Vette
BS: Boxster
CS: M2 Miata Sport, MR2 Spyder
DS: E30 BMW M3
ES: 2nd gen MR2, 1.6 Miata
FS: Camaro, Firebird
GS: '91 BMW 318is, Celica ST/GT, '85-'87 CRX Si
HS: Mercedes C Class Sports Coupe
That last one is probably not going to beat those lightweight Civics, but it
does look intriguing on paper. 192hp, 200lb-ft flat from 2500-4800rpm, RWD,
6 spd manual, 16x7 wheels, good brakes, it all looks great until you get to
the 3300lb figure. Plus it has an open diff and that Brake Assist feature
sounds very scary. I only picked it because I don't think the SEB pays any
attention to Merecedes, and one of these days someone is going find a hidden
ringer in one of them.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Grantz, Sherry [mailto:Sherry.Grantz@Aspect.com]
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 1:37 PM
To: 'ba-autox@autox.team.net'
Subject: Hot Stock Cars in 2002
Now that the proposed Stock classifications are printed in Fast Track
(August),
any speculation on what The Hot Car for each class will be?
Sherry
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