sweet jeebus! i forgot what good brakes were like!

[KennEls]

I've found the brakes to be good and they do give real stopping power! I can certainly sense the weight of the car, but compared with the new cars that I'm doing my daily and work drives in the SVX (11 years on) still beats these 'yun' uns'.

grnSVX96 received a road test report conducted by the NRMA in 1992, which he kindly sent through to me. Regarding the braking, they said (-


"The best performance and handling aren't of much use if you can't stop the thing properly and I'm happy to say that the SVX scores top marks in this regard. Remembering this is a big, heavy car, the SVX recorded some of the shortest stopping distances and most powerful retardation rates ever achieved in the long history of NRMA road testing. Commendably, it does all this with only light pedal application effort required from the driver. Resistance to fade under continual heavy usage was also outstanding."
(BTW I've placed the full report in my locker if any one is interested)

(The NRMA is simular to the Am.Auto Club)

I'm wondering if we are comparing the different feel that the cars deliver through ABS and non ABS systems?




Kenn