Wayne O

It might be worth mentioning there is no mode (or lack thereof) that will prevent you from getting sideways. The nannies can help in certain circumstances and hurt in others...run a fast lap on a road course with TC on and it can be downright dangerous. You expect the car to do one thing and it does something different. It gets to a point where comp mode actually slows you down on a road course. TC can be over-powered. The nanny technology is great when used 'appropriately' but none are a fail safe. The laws of physics will ultimately prevail. The only 'mode' you should absolutely rely on is in your head.

lebvette

I like to use this decription

1 hit...you have control of the rear wheels, and the computer does everything in it's power to keep you off the guard rail.

2 hits...you have control of the rear wheels, and the computer doesn't try as hard to keep you off the guard rail.

Holding it down for the full 5 seconds.....the car is all yours...no help from anyone. A good choice if you happen to own a 'body shop'.

Larry

carlrx7

this thread is 8 years old guys!!! IBTL!

carlrx7

this thread is 7 years old!!! IBTL!

Bill Dearborn

I have never had it do anything unexpected. When I got my first car with active handling I took it autocrossing and to the track and played around with it in all sorts of situations. If I over drove into a corner and the front end was plowing it would hammer the inside rear brake to bring the car back in the direction I was steering (exactly what it should do), if the car was oversteering on corner exit it would hammer the outside front brake to keep the car going in the way I had the steering wheel turned. Just what I would expect it to do. It was always an assist to yaw the car in the direction I told it to go. It never tried to make the car go in the opposite direction (unexpected). When driving very fast and very smooth it wouldn't activate at all. The smoother and the faster you are going the less it activates. It rewards smooth driving. For most of us if it interferes in a turn it means we screwed up and should do something different the next time we go through the turn. That means a different line, a slower entry speed, a different use of the throttle in the middle of the turn, less throttle on exit, different steering input while in the turn, etc. Any one of a number of things or even a combination of several.

Bill

FactoryZ51

It's not confusing at all.

Press once to turn the traction control off
Press twice to "activate" competitive driving mode

Or Hold the button down for more than 5 seconds to turn everything off. It's designed that way for safety reasons, to make you think for those 5 seconds that the beast will be unleashed

P.S. I just fixed my HUD after living without it for the last year or so, and you know what, it's kinda distracting. cool, but distracting.

Grant Elis

Have never turned any of them off due to inexperiance but gotta ask,
How do you turn launch control on to give that a try???

One push
Two push within the allotted time
Or hold for 5 seconds?

Thanks, Grant.

FortMorganAl

They didn't have launch control in 2004. You'll need to start a new thread.

Grant Elis

Looked at original post and see nothing about 2004 on original post. Am I missing something?????

Vette_DD

Yes, the very first line says the post was created on September 29, 2004.

Please don't revive old threads.

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