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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Eastern USA
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Location: Eastern USA
Posts: 18,770
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Downhill Assist Control and Hill-start Assist Control
Downhill Assist Control and Hill-start Assist Control
by Jim Kerr
Concerns about the stability of SUV's have made the news across North America. It only makes sense. They are high off the ground, have a tall body structure, and are usually designed to hold a lot of cargo. On many of the SUV's built today, you will find warning labels notifying drivers of the SUV's high centre of gravity handling characteristics.
My first experience with Downhill Assist Control was not in your every day, normal vehicle. One of the Columbia Ice Field's gigantic Snow Coaches - basically a long wheelbase monster truck with a bus body - provided the transportation, and my front row seat supplied the
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