RE: Who wants a new Alfa?

["Glenn Wasserman" <glennwa@domain.elided>]

In NJ they check if the brakes are working, not if they're ABS or not. I
had the ABS in my Milano removed, but the system in the 164 has not been
problematic, and I believe, is worth keeping.

I haven't heard of anyone having chronic problems with 164 ABS.

-----Original Message-----
From: George Graves [mailto:gmgraves@domain.elided]
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 1:23 AM
To: alfa@domain.elided
Subject: Re: Who wants a new Alfa?


It may well be against the law in California too. But I know a number
of people with Milanos (V-6 75s) and early 164s who's antilock brake
mechanisms have become faulty and do not seem to respond to being
fixed. These people have had no alternative but to remove the anti-lock
bits. Since we don't have anything in California even remotely akin to
the British MOT exam, people's cars are NEVER tested by the state (or
the Feds, for that matter) for any road-worthiness issues. When I used
to live in Virginia many years ago, they had state road worthiness
inspections EVERY SIX MONTHS, but I don't know if they still do it. But
I suspect many states do.

George Graves



On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 08:27  PM, alfa-digest wrote:

>
> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:32:37 -0400
> From: Keith Walker <100662.3423@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Who wants a new Alfa?
>
>>> Anti-lock braking has been
> around long enough now, for us to see that while it works very well
> when new, on cars 10 years old or so, it becomes dangerous, and most
> people end up having to disable the feature.<<
>
> Which in the UK is illegal. It is treated as driving with faulty
> brakes and
> carries quite a heavy penalty
>
> All thebest
>
> Keith
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