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All of the following happened at lower speeds on an empty road and our goal was to understand the systems, not see how quickly someone can go to the ER.
The wife and I thought it was time to learn some things about the car and decided to see what the Track and Traction control off buttons do. I would like to take the moment to point out that I'm still sort of new to RWD, differentials, VSC, and various other things about our car. Not that I haven't driven cars with variations (or in some cases all) of these but that I am new to understanding them.
We went to a parking lot and read the manual for a bit, learned how to turn them on/off and a brief explanation of what they do. It seemed as though track and "all the way off" didn't really do much to break the back end loose on any straight roads despite what I understood. I am certain I could have power slid or drifted a bit in the car (if I had tried) but other than feeling a bit less rigid I didn't feel like I was gonna jettison myself into a ditch immediately. All of our learning was done on straight road so it was unlikely that something bad would happen anyway. In all honesty there is no way I could learn much about the differences in this situation, without track access or a closed roadway.
With all of that being said, I don't feel like turning these automated features off is a recipe for disaster. I'm speaking only for myself obviously as each person has to worry about themselves. At the moment the only huge differences are when I do something silly in the rain, those nannies do kick on and say, "No."
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