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Traction Control & Other Nannies
How are you dealing with the variety of electronic nannies on our cars? I find them very annoying and turn them off for normal driving. If I'm driving in dicey, slippery conditions, I may avail myself of their assistance. As I understand it, they work by deploying brakes to the appropriate wheel as needed. R&T magazine complained about brake wear after a day at the track; while street pads might not be up to snuff for a day of hot laps, one would certainly expect brake wear if the nannies were turned on all day. In dry, normal driving conditions I find them quite annoying. I can feel them engage and disengage in my butt and they tend to mask what's really going on in the rear-end. Even turned off, I found that they were still functioning in slippery winter driving; they just had to reach a higher threshold before kicking in. This is distinct from feeling the limited slip action at the rear. Every limited slip rear-end I've ever driven does announce itself when cornering. The combo of the LS and traction control just sends mixed signals to my posterior.
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