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JaWise - 27 Sep 2004 17:55 GMT

I read in the paper advance trac and stability control are gonna be standard on
05 explorers. Might wanna consider this if you are looking at an old 04.

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Bill - 29 Sep 2004 02:48 GMT

Will this convince U-haul to rent to 2005 Employer owners?

> I read in the paper advance trac and stability control are gonna be standard on
> 05 explorers. Might wanna consider this if you are looking at an old 04.

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Big Bill - 29 Sep 2004 05:04 GMT

>Will this convince U-haul to rent to 2005 Employer owners?

How many Employers do you own?
You do realize that, if you are not at least a city councilmember,
many states limit your Employer ownership to no more than five, right?

>> I read in the paper advance trac and stability control are gonna be
>standard on
>> 05 explorers. Might wanna consider this if you are looking at an old 04.

Bill Funk
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Mike - 29 Sep 2004 18:52 GMT

pretty funny ;-)
So what exactly are the benefits / functionality of "advance track and
stability control" other than the obvious "better control".
Any draw backs like pain in the butt maintenance?

Thanks,
Mike

> >Will this convince U-haul to rent to 2005 Employer owners?
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> Bill Funk
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Big Bill - 29 Sep 2004 20:26 GMT

>pretty funny ;-)
>So what exactly are the benefits / functionality of "advance track and
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>Thanks,
>Mike

The advantages of better control are hard to exagerate; I'd hate to
live on the difference in single-vehicle crashes caused by stupidity,
and a simple loss of control under conditions when control was really
necessary.

I haven't seen any maintenance that comes close to pain-in-the-butt.
Mostly, unless something goes wrong (and we live in an imperfect
world), these systems are pretty invisible to the owner,
maintenance-wise.

Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

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DriveSpy - 30 Sep 2004 02:13 GMT

Doesn't it use what is essential already in place with the ABS, i.e. wheel
speed sensors, ABS pump, etc. Maybe it has a yaw rate sensor or such that is
an adder. I don't know. Its mostly software I would guess. And it ain't
Windows based so you shouldn't have to be downloading updates every couple of
weeks :)

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JaWise - 30 Sep 2004 06:06 GMT

>So what exactly are the benefits / functionality of "advance track and
>stability control"

Advance Trak gives you True all wheel drive. IE if you are stuck with one
wheel on an axle spinning it will use the ABS on the spinning wheel so the
wheel with traction gets some torque.

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