Nope - wasn't me driving! Katie forgot to turn off the traction control on
her first run, and got something like a 46.xxx. A long time ago at a rainy
event up at Mather, I turned on the traction control for one run - it was
one of the scariest autox runs I have ever taken. The back end would get
loose, I'd try to correct, then the traction control kicked in and also
tried to correct. The traction control was a hair too slow, so ended up
fighting my corrections, causing the car to fishtail 5 or 6 times before I
finally got it all straightened out. Also, the traction control just
refused to let me get any power down coming out of corners...
Jim
At 12:09 AM 2/20/2001 -0800, Navid Kahangi wrote:
>If I had traction control on my car I would definitely give it a try on
>Sunday. Ochi's best run was the one where he accidentally left his traction
>control on. I think snow chains wouldn't hurt either. :)
>
>--Navid
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
>[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of craig boyle
>Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:25 PM
>To: 'ba-autox@autox.team.net'
>Subject: Traction control worthwhile at 3COM?
>
>
>I'd be interested to know if anyone running at 3COM in
>a BMW/Lexus/Vette/Audi/Porsche etc. left their
>traction control turned on? Did it help? - I'm
>curious about exactly when TC starts to become useful
>- vs. cutting in too early. ABS?
>
>
>
>Craig
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