I can see the pros and cons but I do know the ABS saved my ass a couple years ago in our SLK. I was rounding a corner at a stop light intersection on wet streets and a box truck in front of me stopped faster than I would have ever thought possible. I hit the brakes and felt the pulsing in the peddle as I stopped about a half second later not more than a foot from the rear bumper of the truck.
I'm an experienced driver, I like to think I'm a good driver, but there's no way I'd have reacted fast enough to modulate the brake myself in that situation. Our poor Benz would have been wearing the rear bumper of that truck before I blinked. I like ABS.
Now, the TCS, that's a different story.
