waremark wrote:TripleS wrote:At the risk of ruffling a few feathers I must say that ABS and ESP etc. are not strong selling points in my choice of a car (sorry Mark from W in H) but it's becoming a bit academic now as most cars presumably are equipped with these systems as standard.
Are you a friend of General Ned Ludd?
Founder member of his fan club actually, Mark.
I appreciate you don't share my view on this, but I still feel that some of this gadgetry could be a bit of a mixed blessing if people start leaning on these systems too much. It might not be all gain; there could be a downside to it to some extent, and certainly if these systems were options at significant additional cost, for my own purposes I probably would not elect to have them.
After all, we managed for a very long time without them, so why should I be expected to feel I need them now?
....an' annudderting, while I've got you going: If I had to go back to using cross ply tyres I would not be dismayed at that either - and if neccessary I'll tell you why.
Best wishes all,
Dave - definitely in troublemaking mode.