I do not condone driving that fast on public roads, but with no traffic at that time he did not endanger anybody other than himself.

This is how ABS is supposed to work, your wheels will not lockup during hard brake so that you can retain control of your car with steering wheel.

 

That's interesting, I guess I never looked at it that way.

For me, since I'm on the cruise control and not doing anything overtly illegal, speed wise, I'm not really looking for them. Oh, I see the car coming (or in the mirror) but I don't necessarily recognize them as police until they're well within a distance that they'd have had me nailed if I was speeding excessively.

On road trips, I tend to run posted limit plus 5 mph. I've never been hassled with that. To each their own!

Drive Safe,
Steve R.

 

Off a January 2004 Road and Track:
60-0 braking:

108 Evo
109 Enzo
110 Modena
111 STi
112 M3
113 Z4
113 Crossfire
113 SL500
113 Boxster
114 Z06
114 Viper SRT-10
114 RX-8
115 MR2
115 XJR
116 GT2
116 M5
116 Boxster S
116 Saab 9-3 Vector
117 911 Carrera
117 Ford GT
117 G35 coupe
117 NSX
117 CLK 55 AMG
117 Touareg V8
117 S2000
118 E55 AMG
118 C32 AMG
118 S4
118 RS6
118 IS300

And this was one year ago.
Lots of cars with better brakes than the S2000.
Compared to regular econoboxes, sure the S2000 has awesome brakes.
But to people who also cross-shop the others on this list, it's nothing special... it's expected.

 

man i don't know about you but i don't think most people cross-shop most of the vehciles on that last. AMGs, M cars, Ferr., Lam. man those are awesome cars but think how much more expensive those cars are.

anyways, i think to even be on that list within feet of some of the greatest cars of our time is great in my book

 

No Miata? No Elise?

 

9 ft is a hella lot of distance ... the difference between saved your a$$ and the morgue. Break early and keep those rpms above 6K through the turn. The S is not the ultimate car, but it's the most fun car I can afford.

 

ABS significantly reduces stoping distances; just look at any test of stopping distances, non ABS cars are alot worse than those with ABS. Just recently for example, Motor trend did a test of the three Evo's, and the RS, the stripper without ABS, had the worst braking performance despite being the lightest.

 

Maybe cross-shop wasn't the right term.

Here's what I meant: as S2000 owners look to upgrade, move on, or add to their stable, often they will pick from the list.

There are a bunch of guys who have S2000s and M3s, even more who have traded their S2ks for M3s.

Another handful that have moved from S2000s to Z06s.

My wife has selected the S4 as our next family car (what a gal... she said NO slushboxes in our garage).

So maybe not cross-shop as in: "Hmm, maybe I'll buy an S2000... or maybe a CLK 55 AMG."

 

I'm sorry, but it's been argued by a few BRAKE SYSTEM ENGINEERS that braking systems do not shorten stopping distances. TIRES DO.

I'm willing to bet EVERY ONE of the cars listed with shorter stopping distances had wider tires, stickier tires, or BOTH when compared to the S2000.

 

Urrr ... I think its the combination of both But definitely braking systems make a huge difference in slowing the wheel down. That said, the S2000 stock still stops pretty long compared to lots of other cars stock.