what are illegal mods for a car in Vic

[ill0gitech]

Many who have been brought up in the days of no ABS or have never driven one before never really brake hard enough to produce the required deceleration.

I've triggered ABS in other cars, but haven't yet in my Polo, and at one point wished I had it on my motorbike. And to be clear, this isn't the ABS, this is just the hazard lights triggering under heavy/emergency braking.

[wai]

I've triggered ABS in other cars, but haven't yet in my Polo, and at one point wished I had it on my motorbike. And to be clear, this isn't the ABS, this is just the hazard lights triggering under heavy/emergency braking.

Chances are that the trigger for the hazard warning lights coming on will have something to do with the ABS triggering.

[gavs]

Exactly wai. I know of a great road that you try out, shoot me a pm if you like, it's where I bed brakes in.

[JonW]

The other important thing with ABS is that you can steer away from the obstacle. What you dont do (and most people do actually do this!) is put your foot to the floor on the brake pedal and either close your eyes, or open them wide and scream and then just grip the wheel and hope you stop before you hit the thing you're aiming at. (i've seen the latter one first hand before she hit me btw) What you do its brake very hard and steer around the thing you want to miss. Ford did a great ad in the UK for the first Granada models with ABS; wet country road and something like a tractor shoots out of a field, guy just hammers the pedal and steers round the thing and drives on, perfect!

[amazeer]

In my worthless opinion, the 4 factors determine what will get you into trouble are
1. compliance with ADR
2. compliance with general road rules,
3. visual and aural appearance
4. ability to pass the attitude test.

All these things have different weightings with #1 being the lowest. Even your car is a little bit low and has engine and brake mods, nobody is going to take any notice until you break one of the other 3. If you're hooning around with neons and leds glowing, with a 10,000W subwoofer you will get pulled over. Fail the attitude test and you'll get defected for a stone chip.

Not really sure why you would want a car lower than 100mm or have a straight through exhaust, but when you do you shouldnt be surprised of attracting attention.