I have A/B'd my xar in the snow with and without ABS. Its a trade off. If I mudulate my brake lightly while threshold braking, I can usually stop 15% faster t

I have A/B'd my xar in the snow with and without ABS. Its a trade off. If I mudulate my brake lightly while threshold braking, I can usually stop 15% faster than similar application of ABS. However, when I mindlessly slam on the brakes, ABS wins by a margin of 20%. This is not the full picture however, and better driving skills alone do not negate some abs advantage. The main one being control in Turns while braking on poor surface. Without a knack for sliding sideways around corners, ABS was clearly superior when braking during a change of heading. That all said, I run without ABS, as it suits my personal driving abilities. This would be a mistake for most people. Fortunate for me, most performance cars afford me the option, while some others consider it a critical system, and will not even activate the power steering unless detected as working. As if steering somehow became less critical without abs. Modern car engineering is still trying to turn a tool into an appliance, and it feels like a severe mismatch of values to me.