Vsc vs vsc off! Wow what a difference!
03-05-13, 02:01 PM
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03-05-13, 02:03 PM
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03-05-13, 02:38 PM
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03-05-13, 06:55 PM
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It's actually Vehicle Stability Control.
http://www.lexus.com.bh/technology_e....asp?model=All
I'm just a perfectionist
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03-05-13, 09:39 PM
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It's actually Vehicle Stability Control.
http://www.lexus.com.bh/technology_e....asp?model=All
I'm just a perfectionist
http://www.lexus.com.bh/technology_e....asp?model=All
I'm just a perfectionist
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03-06-13, 12:27 AM
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Compared to a Vette you have a point. But the IS-F is without a doubt fast and certainly faster than most cars on the road.
I see quite a few Corvette's here in Socal and for the life of me I will never understand why people buy those cars to putt around like they do. In all my years I have seen thousands of them and it's always the same thing, older guy driving less than the speed limit. On or off the freeway.
It's not as if I have a glove box full of speeding tickets, but what's the point in getting a sporty, fast car that you're going to drive like a Model T?
I see quite a few Corvette's here in Socal and for the life of me I will never understand why people buy those cars to putt around like they do. In all my years I have seen thousands of them and it's always the same thing, older guy driving less than the speed limit. On or off the freeway.
It's not as if I have a glove box full of speeding tickets, but what's the point in getting a sporty, fast car that you're going to drive like a Model T?
We know they are fast but come on!!! DRIVE IT!!
04-14-13, 06:03 PM
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i hate the VSC in the F unless theres rain. Once i started driving at the road course with it i just couldnt stand it anymore. I now just get in the car turn sport mode on and completely kill VSC everytime i drive the car. You cant drive your isf till you can push it 100% with trac all the way off.
04-14-13, 07:03 PM
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VSC off at the track is very fun. Fun as in the F makes you really work. Sorta like go-carts where you get a good shoulder workout at the end.
Turns:
- Tires squeal a lot more
- Steering is much heavier and more dedication required to keep the car where you want to go.
- More sliding, especially out of a corner if you're too soon on the throtle. But this is the most fun part.
VSC off and then attacking corners is like you taming in a wild horse. Once you tame it and know how your car behaves, it's a great feeling. But once again, you'll get a good workout from a 3800 lb car.
Please be careful and don't "attack a corner" on the public roads with VSC off unless you know what you're doing, b/c you can easily spin out and either hit somebody or destroy your wheels on a curb. I spun out a couples of times on the track and it was wild fun, just like Gran Turismo x 10. Fun because you know you're pushing the envelope of the car....just you trying to tame the wild horse.
Then after all that, you run with VSC on.......damn, this sucks b/c I'm not learning anything....feels like a commute to work again.....where's my wild horse?
Turns:
- Tires squeal a lot more
- Steering is much heavier and more dedication required to keep the car where you want to go.
- More sliding, especially out of a corner if you're too soon on the throtle. But this is the most fun part.
VSC off and then attacking corners is like you taming in a wild horse. Once you tame it and know how your car behaves, it's a great feeling. But once again, you'll get a good workout from a 3800 lb car.
Please be careful and don't "attack a corner" on the public roads with VSC off unless you know what you're doing, b/c you can easily spin out and either hit somebody or destroy your wheels on a curb. I spun out a couples of times on the track and it was wild fun, just like Gran Turismo x 10. Fun because you know you're pushing the envelope of the car....just you trying to tame the wild horse.
Then after all that, you run with VSC on.......damn, this sucks b/c I'm not learning anything....feels like a commute to work again.....where's my wild horse?
04-15-13, 05:11 AM
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YEa I agree gotta be careful once vsc is off. I punched it once at a stop sign when no one was around. The tires spent out and i was in the other lane fishing tailing.....heart attack!
04-15-13, 06:10 AM
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i lost it real bad at pocono when i first got the car. fully lost it and did a 540 spining toward the wall up one of the banked turns... just closed my eyes stood on the brake and prayed hahah. my rear bumper was 4 inches from the wall when i stopped. WAY TOO MUCH GAS, WAY TO EARLY. Live in lean but as Pete said, learn on the track not on the street.
04-15-13, 06:33 AM
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Yup, when you're in sport mode, you can just keep it on the floor when turning. The end slides out a bit and the safety net catches you and straightens you back out. Turn it all off, no safety net on the tight rope walk. Look out! No more flooring it around a bend!
