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Subject:Re: ABS on your 1991 Vanagon??
Date:Mon, 19 Aug 1996 16:35:00 -0600

My '89 has anti-lock brakes, but not the fancy computer controlled kind.
They are just so wimpy that they won't lock!  I call them "plan ahead"
brakes.

At 10:00 AM 8/19/96, Harry Yates wrote:
>Hi Everyone.  I was catching up on my reading over the weekend, and
>came across this little piece in the July 22/96 editon of AutoWeek.
>----------------------------------------------------------
>Let's go the the scoreboard:
>Percent of consumers who "believe" they have ABS on their 1991
>model-year vehicles -- but do NOT
>
>TRUCKS:
>Volkswagen Vanagon 92%
>Jeep Wrangler               89%
>Toyota Land Cruiser   82%
>
>source: 1996 JD Power Brake Quality Report.
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>So, anyone on this list filled out a survey lately??
>
>
>Harry.
>Harry Yates, Langley, British Columbia Canada
>'90 Syncro Westfalia   WWW - http://www.bcit.bc.ca/~hyates
>'87 Golf Diesel        email:  hyates@bcit.bc.ca