I have the AT aswell and you should definitely be able to tell the difference with VDC off. When it's off it is much easier to let the rear cut loose and fishtale.

 

ha, the first time I drove in the rain I made a turn out of my neighborhood onto a 35 mph road and gave it some throttle and I lost some traction not alot but it did scare me since I have never felt that happen before. It does not help that my tires have horrible wet traction which I found out after I got home from that ordeal. I floored it once 40-80 the end was swinging quit a bit it was just damp VDC was on so it kept killing power lol. But now I know the limits in the wet/damp with my tires so I dont push it. Only in the dry.

 

Turning VDC off in the rain is just suicidal, mine slips in this really hot weather with VDC on, of course it cuts the power quickly, with VDC off then it turns to wheel spin heaven!

 

Sweet!! How d'you like your twin turbo setup? I mean, you live in Kuwait so it probably wasn't raining, and even on a dusty smooth road, am guessing you'd need at least 400 HP to spin all the way to 70.

You rock!...

 

Twin what? haha! I don't have any turbos yet. I spun the tires without any FI or anything. Our roads here are really smooth and are quite dusty from recent dust storms.
Pretty cool when someone else thinks I'm turbo'ed lol.

 

Sorry, it was a joke - sometimes claims seem too fantastic to be true, and here in Texas you'd have to have some serious HP to spin up to 70...

 

LOL. I'll get a video next time xD

 

I am 17 days into ownership of the G35 now, and didn't know much about them beforehand. About VDC and the "slip" warning: My rear tires are 245/35/20's and are about 30% worn (70% left). Since I bought the car with this wheel/tire package (actually don't like the way they look despite everyone telling me they make the car...), I don't what aspects of performance they affect. Compared to any other car I've driven, I am stuck to the road in corners; there is almost no perceptable roll.
And when it comes to accelerating forward, I can't find the conditions to lose any traction on dry road.
Is my inability to break loose a result of not having a clutch, or a result of the taller, wider tires? And if it is the tires, what are the physics behind this?

What about dropping from N to D really quick at 6500 rpms?(kidding...right?)

Thanks and understand I have only been in this car just over 2 weeks.

 

In my G, with VDC off, sticky 255/45s on the back, and the AC on in Houston, if I just floor it off the line the G just launches. In the winter with AC off the tires will spin briefly.

Since smoking tires aren't really my thing, that works for me And I appreciate the traction coming out of turns under heavy acceleration.

 

VDC off would not really effect an AWD model would it?

 

I know in mine, if I hang the *** out a bit (intentionally, controlled location, blah blah blah), SLIP light still comes on and revs drop with VDC off. It does so a little later in the process, and drops the revs less viciously (with VDC on, figure a second of stall at around 1500 rpm, without it on, figure less than a half a second at around 3K rpms).

YMMV

 

went to an open parking lot spot on sunday evening.........I did not notice much of a difference. Then again, i was probably not driving hard enough.

 

what do you mean? ^ difference compared to what?

 

AWD with VDC-ON vs AWD with VDC-OFF

 

oh. AWD activates if you start slipping i guess?