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Old May 8, 2015 | 02:51 PM
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What affect, if any, does turning off trac control have on mpg ?
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Old May 10, 2015 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Thesil
What affect, if any, does turning off trac control have on mpg ?
It really shouldn't have any affect on mpg. What it will affect is tire spin when doing some quick starts or turns.

I took mine off, and was using Sport+ in manual mode when I decided to punch it going around a turn. Not the smartest thing to do because as soon as I nailed the gas peddle in first gear the car slide sideways around the turn. Only way to stop it was take the foot off the gas peddle so I could get her straight again.

Tired the same thing with trac control on, and the only thing that happened now was the trac control light flickered, but I still had 100% control or I should say the car had 100% control.
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