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Originally Posted by Ganthrithor
I'll be curious to see when I get my car (just a few weeks now!) how intrusive the nannies are on the BRZ. I know on my GTI and the family 135 you have to push pretty hard (or drive pretty sloppily) to get them to engage.
It's definitely a good idea to learn to drive without the electronics though. Whenever you get the chance I'd practice with them off. If you can get to the point where you can drive smoothly by practicing with the electronics off, then you'll find that during street driving the nannies should almost never intrude (since you won't be upsetting the balance of the car): the most you should get is some traction control under hard acceleration (with all systems on the car usually doesn't want to let you get any slip angle).
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Aggressive cornering and sudden/sloppy inputs with trigger the nannies with ease. I did enjoy taking an intersection at 40MPH real sloppy this morning on my sticky tires; when the rear wanted to kick out due to elevation change/gravel, power cut a bit and the car straightened out exactly as I needed it too. Don't waste time sliding on my morning commute!