Ok so me and my buddy went to this old twistie road the other day and was driving it seeing how the cars handled, we can around a curve and the rear barley slipped and the VDC kicked it and slammed on the breaks causing me to slide...so my question is when you all drive curvy roads do you leave VDC on or Off? thanks guys

Corey

 

Happened to me as well. Turn VDC off anytime you WANT to push the car. If you're cruising or worried about slipping leave it on.

 

TCS off all the time

 

+1

i dont have VDC but i turn TCS off everytime i start the car
i feel with my driving ability i can control the car slipping an sliding better with my own reactions into the car, rather than the car trying to do it for me

 

i leave it on

 

+1, although I have VDC...

 

Twisties I drive are pretty tight roads. VDC kicks on after you break loose laterally. I don't want to be sideways on a curve where there are big trees 3' from the roads edge. Even driving hard, I've never felt VDC come on except a couple times in the snow or frost when I was very thankful. I appreciate having it in all conditions.

TCS is another matter. I've had the engine governed coming out of a tight corner in second when I was accelerating. In that situation it saved me from nothing. It detected wheel spin from the acceleration and killed my speed and RPM. It was unexpected and I didn't like it.

I would like to be able to turn off the TCS sometimes and leave the VDC on, but you can't, it's a single switch. I drive with them on unless at a track or it is totally safe to drift. I guess it teaches me how fast I can go without risk of loosing traction and thus acceleration.

Different strokes for different folks for different roads and conditions.

 

I turn it off drivng to work... i hate getting "shut down" heck, it'll shut you down if you shift hard enough..

 

I truly enjoy my Z here in twisty heaven, a.k.a. Colorado, but have never felt the need to turn VDC off. Even while pushing the car hard, VDC has never engaged for me.

 

Many of us do not have VCD. We are living on the edge risking our lives every day.

 

!@$#-ing VDC. Words cannot express the joy I felt the day I neutered the yaw sensor.

 

everytime i drive my 350z i turn traction control of becuase i only drive the 350z to push it!!! or else i have a fuel effiecint COrolla in front of the house....................

 

Why do I have a feeling the next post is going to be about somebody f$(#ing up their car.

 

where is tubbs and saying 'I TOLD YOU SO' lol...

 

nevermind. where are all the people calling you stupid? ha

 

 

Only time i leave any form of traction control active in any car is during rain.

 

I'm always amused by everyone's confidence in their driving skills. And when they wrap their cars around a tree, it's the car's fault, or the tire's fault, the VDC, ABS, etc.

VDC causing a slide...that's a good one. A safety feature designed to minimize sliding causing a slide? I don't think so. The more likely scenario is that you were about to go into an uncontrollable slide and the VDC kicked in to prevent it from happening.

 

I didn't want to say that.

 

I leave it on for canyon runs. It rarely kicks on and when it does, it's a good thing. I have a yaw sensor kill switch as well, but I'd only ever use it at the track.