VDC off=$200 tow truck
09-12-2007, 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?
09-12-2007, 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.
Either way you're a bad driver. No excuses.
09-12-2007, 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.
09-12-2007, 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.
Not sure what your problem is, but accidentally hitting the VDC button isn't it.
09-12-2007, 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.
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09-12-2007, 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.
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09-12-2007, 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.
09-12-2007, 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.
09-12-2007, 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.
09-12-2007, 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.