abs

no, not sucka's washboard stomach but anti-lock braking system. do i have it or not? i was thinking about it this morning driving to work in heavy rain. do you remember the 3 s's of emergency maneuvers with abs? stomp, stay, and steer. however, i think if you do that but don't have abs you're going into a sweet tailspin. then i was reminded of an incident when i was test driving my wrx before i bought it. a chinese couple was selling it because they were expecting their first child and wanted something bigger, perhaps a forester or outback. they let me take her out for a spin and the gentleman was in the front passenger seat. as we're tooling around the neighborhood he's telling me about the maintenance history of the car. so far everything felt and sounded good but there was one more thing i wanted to test. i ask him "can i test out the brakes?" and he says "sure, go ahead." on a straightaway i get up to about 35 mph and then slam on the brakes. the car comes to a pretty quick stop but then i see him flying out of the seat and slam into the dashboard. he didn't have his seat belt on! i'm thinking his son could have grown up without a father because he flew out the windshield of his car during a test drive with a random stranger. luckily his head didn't hit the windshield because i wouldn't have bought the car had he cracked it.