VDC off + doing donuts on a side street = FAIL!
#62
**** happens, everyone does something stupid in a car at one time. I managed to total a pickup while driving with a concussion. Shouldn't have been driving but I was too stupid/messed up. Ended up losing consciousness and then control and hitting a tree.
anyway that loud bang could have just been the tire coming off the rim and losing all the air instantly. Its possible you didn't hurt anything other than scuffing the rim. Take it in for an alignment just to be sure. The lower control arm or toe or camber arms could be bent though.
anyway that loud bang could have just been the tire coming off the rim and losing all the air instantly. Its possible you didn't hurt anything other than scuffing the rim. Take it in for an alignment just to be sure. The lower control arm or toe or camber arms could be bent though.
Last edited by UCIMAplaya2; 03-02-2010 at 09:05 PM.
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#66
Hey join the club.. everyone does something stupid every once in a while.. During our huge snowstorm last friday, I decided to shut off the vdc because I was in a hurry and once I turned onto our road that is usually plowed, was untouched and had not only 6inches of snow, but ice mixed in.. So i proceeded to wipe out in the old lady's flower bed which is outlined in rocks.. Oh yay.. Thank God for that plastic underbody cover!! It sounded horrible, but the cover is fully intact and the car is fine. All you people that dont use that, I really dont know why... That allowed me to just plow over the rocks, and then back out..keeping all the rocks from f-ing up the pullies, pans..etc.
#68
Hey join the club.. everyone does something stupid every once in a while.. During our huge snowstorm last friday, I decided to shut off the vdc because I was in a hurry and once I turned onto our road that is usually plowed, was untouched and had not only 6inches of snow, but ice mixed in.. So i proceeded to wipe out in the old lady's flower bed which is outlined in rocks.. Oh yay.. Thank God for that plastic underbody cover!! It sounded horrible, but the cover is fully intact and the car is fine. All you people that dont use that, I really dont know why... That allowed me to just plow over the rocks, and then back out..keeping all the rocks from f-ing up the pullies, pans..etc.
#69
lmao..yep
Are you serious? It makes a huge difference! In the snow, the vdc brakes the hell out of the tires. With it off, i can accelerate in the snow practically as fast as on dry pavement.. Unfortunately taking a turn too fast into a snowy road with the vdc off, makes handling the car much more difficult
Are you serious? It makes a huge difference! In the snow, the vdc brakes the hell out of the tires. With it off, i can accelerate in the snow practically as fast as on dry pavement.. Unfortunately taking a turn too fast into a snowy road with the vdc off, makes handling the car much more difficult
#72
That's when you just turn it off and slip and slide your way to a start. Once moving though, i always turn the VDC back on. The yaw sensor works VERY well in keeping the car stable in the snow.
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#74
In response to the burnout posts. I've done those "burnouts". I guess what I am considering a burnout is similar to the ones on low-end torque vehicles like muscle cars. On the G if you want to maintain the wheel spin you need to turn the wheel to force it to lose traction and continue burning out. myG I hope you get your hands on a camera soon!
#75
Not faster in the snow, but traction conrol tends to make getting moving in the snow a PITA. Basically when you try to move, the wheel spins and the VDC cuts in and stops the car. So you would basically be crippled by the VDC.
That's when you just turn it off and slip and slide your way to a start. Once moving though, i always turn the VDC back on. The yaw sensor works VERY well in keeping the car stable in the snow.
That's when you just turn it off and slip and slide your way to a start. Once moving though, i always turn the VDC back on. The yaw sensor works VERY well in keeping the car stable in the snow.