PSA keep your vdc on in light mist.
got stock 19 sports. This could have been real bad. its not like it was even raining.I keep it off primarily due to aggresive driving(i drive it everday,so i still dont understand how i spun)it was like the car just made a right turn when the steering wheel was slighty turned.the back end made a right turn and the car didnt even do the control fish tail.i can take the same turn at much higer speed,so i just must have pushed it to hard.although 25 to 30 on a curve is not fast.I was in like 2nd and i have a 5 speed auto,
+1 for VDC.
I had a customer's wife come and complain that I sold her husband a car that was unsafe for the road. Why? Because he spun out in heavy rain at an intersection. He was making a right turn from a stop.
First question I ask is "did he leave the stability control on?"
Her response: "what do you mean?"
"lets go for a drive."
Keep in mind, it is STILL pouring. We go to the first light outside the dealership. I tell her to make a right turn, and just floor it. Dealership insurance will take care of her. I hear the pedal bottom out, and the car just slowly makes the right turn.
She repeats it a few more times at various intersections. Same result.
I then point out the VDC button, and tell her to push it, and then floor it for a little bit in an empty lot. Tires spin.
"Oh, he must have hit that button... he likes to make the tires spin, even when I'm in the car...."
I had a customer's wife come and complain that I sold her husband a car that was unsafe for the road. Why? Because he spun out in heavy rain at an intersection. He was making a right turn from a stop.
First question I ask is "did he leave the stability control on?"
Her response: "what do you mean?"
"lets go for a drive."
Keep in mind, it is STILL pouring. We go to the first light outside the dealership. I tell her to make a right turn, and just floor it. Dealership insurance will take care of her. I hear the pedal bottom out, and the car just slowly makes the right turn.
She repeats it a few more times at various intersections. Same result.
I then point out the VDC button, and tell her to push it, and then floor it for a little bit in an empty lot. Tires spin.
"Oh, he must have hit that button... he likes to make the tires spin, even when I'm in the car...."
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I remember in my old G, i hit a patch of ice going about 20 miles an hour.. my back end kicked out and i ended up doing a perfect 180 into the oncoming traffic lane. Drove off like nothing happened, even though i nearly shat myself.
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I am so used to turning off the VDC that i forgot it was off. I was coming out of a turn(thank god i didn't do more than just tap the throttle)
I did a nice 180 on a 2 lane narrow road.Only 1 lane each side of the street.
The G gods were looking over me because i thought i was gonna wipe out bad.
could not have been going more than 25-30 tops.
I usually hammer it coming out of the turn in ds if its late, the road is like completly deserted road.
I did a nice 180 on a 2 lane narrow road.Only 1 lane each side of the street.
The G gods were looking over me because i thought i was gonna wipe out bad.
could not have been going more than 25-30 tops.
I usually hammer it coming out of the turn in ds if its late, the road is like completly deserted road.
EDIT: You call the OP a douche bag but then post like one?
Last edited by G37Sam; Oct 27, 2009 at 07:20 PM. Reason: Posting like a douche
Some parts of this thread are hilarious. What do you think people did ten years ago when cars didn't have VDC and such?? You can drive ALL DAY LONG with VDC off and be perfectly fine. If it's wet out, just be very careful, just as you would with ANY rwd car in the rain. (I personally leave it ON when it's wet or raining outside, but I turn it off the rest of the time.)
My weekend warrior has 400+whp and runs mid to low elevens and it don't even have ABS, so of course it does not have Traction control, VDC, none of those gizmos. Just the other day I got caught in the RAIN with it, while running Drag Radials for crying out loud and it was perfectly fine driving it home.
Bottom line is just dont drive like an idiot in the rain or while the road is wet with the VDC off (I would keep it on in this scenario) and you will be fine.
My weekend warrior has 400+whp and runs mid to low elevens and it don't even have ABS, so of course it does not have Traction control, VDC, none of those gizmos. Just the other day I got caught in the RAIN with it, while running Drag Radials for crying out loud and it was perfectly fine driving it home.
Bottom line is just dont drive like an idiot in the rain or while the road is wet with the VDC off (I would keep it on in this scenario) and you will be fine.
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