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Old 03-25-2013, 03:52 PM   #15
Justin.b
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After driving this thing in the snow, I cannot express in words how much I hate driving in the snow with the trac/vsc on.

It feels like an 11 year old who has only played gran turismo decides to modulate my inputs mid-turn. This is my first RWD car with driver aids, and I have to say that I'm better than this vehicle's traction and vsc systems in the snow. Sure, I swing the rear out a bit, but with the trac and vsc systems on, the car pushes and takes turns extremely wide - certainly wide enough to put me head-on on the wrong side of the road if I let it.

For me, VSC / trac are on when my wife drives it, and I'll leave them on when it's raining to protect against unpredictably slick roads. But strangely enough, in the snow I will continue to turn them both off.

-Justin
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