Hey guys, just wondering does anybody have a good reason to turn vdim/trac off?

That is, does anybody ever find the vdim/trac "intrusive" enough to warrant turning it off?

Since I just recently got my vehicle and it's my first RWD, I'm afraid to turn it off haha.

To be perfectly honest, regardless of what the answers are in this topic I still won't turn it off, but I was just curious if anyone had any arguments for vdim/trac being overly intrusive during their daily drive.


As for me I am REALLY thankful for the vdim/trac, I've definitely seen it kick in a few times on curves while it was raining. Hypothetically if I ever wanted to turn it off, I'd only consider turning it off on a very dry day.

 

I've turned mine off coming out of a rock concert one night at midnight. I went in with light snow drift... came out and there was a good 4" of snow on the ground. As soon as I pulled out I hit the trac off button and proceed to slide sideways down the empty main street with a full car scaring the ***** out of everyone in the car hahaha

 

I've turned it off just to mess around with the car. It helps a lot from what I can see.

 

Traction off is fun in the rain, make a complete stop, turn it off, and proceed

 

i have an 06 so i have to do the pedal dance if i want to turn it off.

i find it dangerous at times.

example: when im in a intersection with no stop light or pulling out of a driveway onto oncoming traffic... when i step on the pedal 3/4 of the way, the vsc comes on and cuts power to prevent wheel spin... only one problem, im in the middle of the fking intersection with the car not moving for a good 3secs.

 

what tires do you have/did you have during this incident?

 

I don't think you can turn off VDIM, only VSC and traction.

Koz

 

Yep. VSC and TRC are only *part* of VDIM. It still includes ABS, and ABS cannot be disengaged under any circumstances.

 

Pull the fuses to the ABS system and bye bye ABS.

 

i would but apparently i cant drive a rwd car for **** in a drift type situation. i crashed my wifes sl500 in the rain once. Lets just say i leave it on 99% of the time

 

I turn it off atleast once a day with all the damn rain down here in Miami!!

 

In the majority of my daily commuting, no, there isn't any real reason to shut it off. I could produce reasons for turning it off, but I'm not sure I'd really consider them 'good', as they're more related to fun.

However, there are times where it will engage when not needed, but knowing this as the driver, I can just as well avoid those situations (which are pretty predictable, IMO). There are also instances where I know exactly what I'm doing in a slide situation (again, having fun), but the car cuts power prematurely, which is a bit upsetting.

I've learned to live with it.