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Originally posted by tenchi300:
I wanted to test out the cornering abilities of my car. I wanted to beat the left turn arrow on a street so I took the turn at 50 mph, the car turned as if it was on rails. But somehow the back wheels started to slide and the tail kicked out. Thats when my trac kicked in and it wobbled my car back and forth until i was in control of my car again. .

I realize there's thousands of history posts on TRAC and LSD, but I'm still curious, doesn't TRAC only work while the car is accelerating? If your foot is off the gas, going into your turn... Could Trac still register wheel spin, and effectively brake the wheels spinning?

 

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Originally posted by triz:
To bad we dont have VSC.

Just a few more months, and it'll be an option, for the automatics at least

I can attest to some of the stability control programs out there. I was havin' fun with a friend's BMW 330i last weekend on an empty parking lot: driving an imaginary skidpad circle at full throttle, holding my tracs, turned the DSC off, spun out of control into a 360. Pretty amazing. Can't say the 360 wasn't lots of fun though.

 

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The correct way would be to partially release the gas pedal. Requires a ton of practice to get it perfect. Of course, stick shift would be ideal for that.
For average driver just letting go of the gas will work since the tires are spinning due to the acceleration.[/QB][/QUOTE]

Hey Vlad,

Would you agree that Trac only works when accelerating, not while decelerating or coasting: That's when VSC works...

[ May 31, 2001: Message edited by: Michael ]