UNV-IT46

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wrapped around a tree....enuff said

NemesisG37

I take it you have encountered an experience you don't want to talk about.

Our car does a pretty good job letting us free with the VDC on, but sometimes you just want to slide around.

UNV-IT46

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No i have had nothing happen. I was saying that in response to your post. If you drive with VDC off all the time you are going to wrap your car around a tree...

SnD

Well that's interesting! When I turn my VDC off, my car doesn't wrap itself around a tree. I think I might need to go to the dealer, perhaps my VDC is broken too?

UNV-IT46

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i didnt say just turning it off. but if you drive with it off 24/7 in real world conditions its pretty likely in poor weather you are going to loose control and wrap it around something

NemesisG37

Ill let you know if my car wraps itself around something next time it rains.

I wasn't aware the cars are tree huggers but who knows.

UNV-IT46

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well your in cali so you will just slide off a mountain lol

SPOHN

That's funny, you have to admit?

GregUMR

lol @ the above

I am now in the habit where I disable VDC everytime I get in my car. I'm a very experienced driver and if the rear end comes out its b/c I meant for it to come out. The whole point of doing that is so when it does catch you off gaurd you can handle it.

TBH, I think this car is extremely linear in the way it kicks out. If you pull a 180 when you kick it out you either overreacted, were on snow/ice/very loose dirt or you don't know how to drive a rear wheel drive vehicle at a level where you should disable VDC

With that said, I do drive with VDC on in snow b/c these wide tires are **** in the snow. I would probably drive with VDC on if I were racing down Pike's Peak in Colorado, however I'm not quite nuts enough to do that and be pushing the car to its absolute maximum cuz I value my life. Also, I've only pushed the car to its limits a few times with VDC on and the way it responded was very abnormal to the way I know the car should react, so I actually feel much more comfortable with VDC off

NemesisG37

I suggest VDC on while at high speeds tho, such as the freeway. Other than that VDC off.

oreoleo

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Bumping a real old thread, but I was driving ( forgot to turn VDC back on) downhill, accelerating moderately, and my right tire caught black ice. Got spun around, complete 180, spinning around at 40 mph. I locked up the brakes, and I got lucky.
My lesson, VDC on in the winter. I only turn it off when I'm drifting, rowing through gears