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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by HDPD350Z
Proof that VDC compensates for poor driving skills.

lol
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 10:11 AM
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 10:11 AM
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I know I have hit the VDC button by accident when trying to open the gas.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 10:19 AM
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Doesn't the VDC turn back on once the car is started regardless if you had it off or not?
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 10:28 AM
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Obviously when you spun out all your lights came on and you thought that meant VDC was off but it just shows up when your car stalls. Unless, in the two seconds you were spinning you were concentrating on the light AND the bug instead of trying to fix yourself or worrying about what was going on.

Either way you're a bad driver. No excuses.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Firebase99
Depressed? Not fully from what I remember, i was shifting into 3rd.

btw... try to do your braking, and shifting BEFORE the turn. Everything you do while IN a turn will change the balance of the car.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 11:04 AM
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Complete and utter BS. I am 6' 3" and with the seat adjusted normally, even MY left knee is no less than a good 4" from the VDC button. I throw the car around canyon twisties weekly and have NEVER come any closer to the button.

Not sure what your problem is, but accidentally hitting the VDC button isn't it.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Firebase99
...I dont know how you non-VDC drive. I applaude you. I would surely killed myself by now.
Yeah, I really don't know how I have survived the last 50 years...driving all those cars without VDC!

bill
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 11:15 AM
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Screw VDC. Base FTW.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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how big was the bug?
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 11:19 AM
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Wow.. never heard of that one before. Sounds like something from a movie..

Interesting turn out of events..
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Firebase99
Im not that new to RWD though its been about 6 years since I had a RWD, I understand countersteer, etc. it just happened so damn fast. I felt the tires spin, nose came around and I was in the grass. The VDC was OFF when I turned the car back on.
i dont know how thats possible, when ever you turn your car off and than on again, the TCS-VDC should be turned automatically on even if it was off to begin with. i never drive with it on (unless its raining), i can't stand it.

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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by JCat
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ouch!
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 12:21 PM
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so... are you saying that a bug made you almost wreck your car?
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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Wow, you are horrible at driving then...... there's like 98% of all the cars that dont have VDC. are you sure u pass the driver's test?
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 12:57 PM
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I never made any such claim Im a good driver. I had a small accident in the rain with a powerful RWD car. WOW!! Nobody has EVER done that before. Just sharing my story about my point of VDC.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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Damn, your knee must be shaped like this:



Glad that you're ok though.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 01:20 PM
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you should've completely ruined your car that way everyone would be saying "car is replaceable be happy your alive" instead of the "j00 suck @ 7eh Driving" comments.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 01:21 PM
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HAhahaaha this thread is awesome. You could've just said you sneezed during a corner and unconciously hit the VDC button with your right elbow, and accidentally performed a clutch-kick that spun your car like a top. I would have believed you just the same.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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It happened during an ice blizzard in a sand storm. The locust's attacked with vengence, blotting out the sun and moon. I gasped for breath as tsunami hit just as the volcano erupted to my right. Alas, I lost control of the vehicle and ended up on the grassy knoll.
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