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Anyone Turn Off The Traction Control Last Night?


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haha no not me.. left my baby at home last night.. would be very interesting to see what it does with the traction control turned off.. :)

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I noticed that when I was in second gear and the turbo really booted in (about 3,500rpm) traction went out the window. Kind of funny driving a car that has more torque in the top end than the bottom. Oh, and that was with the traction control on...

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Don't know what the deal is with that to be honest, wheels still managed to spin even with that little orange light flashing on the instrument panel, me taking my foot off the accelerator was the only way it stopped. Go figure.

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  Mals BA XR6T said:
Are you saying that with Traction control on, it's not really on if you give it a boot full???

Heres a quote from AutoWeb:

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The standard diff on the XR6T is a ratchet-style limited slip unit with the added effectiveness of electronic traction control. The traction system performs very well in the majority of instances but it is still possible to degenerate into bulk wheelspin; it's not the sort of traction control that makes this a car you could safely let anyone drive in any condition.

heres the link to the full article:

http://www.autoweb.com.au/cms/A_1613/article.html

perhaps this is a trade off in the setup to make it less intrusive :evil:

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  Grant said:
Don't know what the deal is with that to be honest, wheels still managed to spin even with that little orange light flashing on the instrument panel, me taking my foot off the accelerator was the only way it stopped. Go figure.

l too have noticed this Grant, it does break traction more easily than l would have expected.

l hadnt had the car 5 minutes driving home from the dealer in the wet before l broke traction and l wasnt pushing it that hard, but when the torque comes in the TC doesnt seem to intervene in a way l expected, and probably should.

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