Well, today was a real thrill here in western CT... 4-6 inches of wet snow made my 40 mile commute a nightmare. Driving on straight level road - no change in throttle or steering - and just ice on the roadway beneath the slush made the car go nearly out of control. Reduced speed and attentiveness kept the car from going off road. I also had several occasions to do a functional check on the ABS system!

But here's the question. Since I replaced rotors and pads a year (and 30K) ago, after driving a while the first push on the brake pedal requires a longer stroke than subsequent pushes. The pedal is not spongy at all, it just goes lower on the first push and then seems to be consistently higher for the following pushes. Today, after a slide-for-life toward the back end of an F150 with the ABS pulsing away for all it was worth, I noticed that the brake pedal went even lower on the first push. Immediately subsequent pushes are OK height-wise, but the time interval until a long pedal stroke is required has seemingly decreased. Any ideas as to what's going on? Again, brake performance is apparently unaffected, but the pedal now goes lower than I'd like for the old heel-and-toe double-clutching drill. I'll do a pressure bleed to be safe, but I'm wondering about why the ABS involvement today should precipitate this new condition.

Not sure if this is understandable, but - any ideas?