first of all what ABS is do is improve braking in bad weather gravel mud etc basically what it will do is it stop the car from pulls to one side under braking i don't know who told you that with ABS handling is very good but ABS can be very helpful some times but it will not improve the handling. and if you have previously driven EG8 and EK3 you will be disappointed with the handling of the ES8 because honda change the suspension setup of the seventh generation civics over previous gen(double wishbone to MacPherson strut) and spare parts are cost more than EK3 and hard to find in places like kandy but if you are in CMB that's a not a problem any ways good luck fella.