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Two things:

1a) I tried flushing the brakes on my 987 Cayman with the Durametric and I'm pretty sure the Durametric did not actually activate the ABS pump. I couldn't hear anything running and in theory I should have been able to, even though from a software perspective all seemed to work.

1b) With the above said, I don't think you need to flush the ABS on these cars to have good brakes. In theory, air can get into the ABS, but the likelihood of that happening is very small. When you do a normal Motiv flush, the ABS stays shut, so if there is no air in it to begin with, you won't be introducing any during the flush. For some reason I can't imagine air hanging around in the piping leading to ABS and being admitted in when the ABS in engaged. That sounds like a really low likelihood event.

2) I've had ice pedal events several times now and IMHO brake bleeding has nothing to do with it. I've had the best success in managing it by a very smooth, gentle, non-aggressive first application of the brakes. In your example above, if you start at the 5 marker with a very progressive application of the brakes you should be in better shape. You can still carry a little more speed deeper into the brake zone, but start applying the brakes earlier. I hope this makes sense. Other factors that affect ice pedal events are track conditions (green vs not green, hot vs cold, etc) and tires (new vs old, hot vs cold, and correct aspect ratios front to back).