21-10-2011, 00:23
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Steel is love. Steel is life.
AKA: Kara Bakowski
 FRC #0341 (Miss Daisy) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Conshohocken, PA
Posts: 1,855
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Re: What to get as a good first car
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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
A GM car without ABS? That's strange. For many years, GM did not install airbags in their cars, but did install ABS as standard, feeling that a tradeoff between these two systems favoured the brakes. (I don't know the criteria they used; it may have been largely for commercial reasons.) The 1993 Buick Regal Custom I used to drive was so equipped—four-wheel disc brakes with ABS, but no airbags.
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See Billfred's post: "As for Kara's G6 story: many of the base G6 models (especially the 1SV "Value Leader" ones) lacked things like ABS, keyless entry, and XM radio." My car is definitely one of those. It does have good airbags, though (not that I've ever had to test them - my dad works for GM, and he agreed that they're good).
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Michigan Technological University///Materials Science and Engineering '15///Go Huskies! #tenacity
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FRC 1189 (2008-2011): Team Captain, Pit Crew, Website group leader, Team Education group leader, Proud Alum. We've got spirit, yes we do...
 
 
WMWBS '10 '11
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