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I've been driving with DSC deactivated (mostly freeway driving) lately and noticed the car is more responsive.
When coming to curves and winding roads I turn it back on (especially when the wife is in car). I did a search on this subject and found nothing.
Nerwyll, feel free to chime in since this is your avatar . Also DTC mode use. Which mode is used during "launch assist" (for non-SMG?). Thanks.
When coming to curves and winding roads I turn it back on (especially when the wife is in car). I did a search on this subject and found nothing.
Nerwyll, feel free to chime in since this is your avatar . Also DTC mode use. Which mode is used during "launch assist" (for non-SMG?). Thanks.
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Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='647396' date='Aug 15 2008, 08:36 AM
I think a better question would be: "Who doesn't drive with their DSC OFF?"
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Originally Posted by Rizbel' post='647393' date='Aug 15 2008, 11:34 AM
Which mode is used during "launch assist" (for non-SMG?).
For everyday driving I just leave all the traction control on. But for the sunday drive in the twisties, the DSC is off!!
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Originally Posted by TrevX' post='647428' date='Aug 15 2008, 12:20 PM
There is no launch assist for any non SMG. Gotta just stand on the brake and rev it up.
For everyday driving I just leave all the traction control on. But for the sunday drive in the twisties, the DSC is off!!
For everyday driving I just leave all the traction control on. But for the sunday drive in the twisties, the DSC is off!!
I only turn it off when I'm going to shift hard and am planning on running.
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Originally Posted by TrevX' post='647428' date='Aug 15 2008, 12:20 PM
For everyday driving I just leave all the traction control on. But for the sunday drive in the twisties, the DSC is off!!
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Originally Posted by bdkinnh' post='647470' date='Aug 15 2008, 10:17 AM
+1. I did a two-day school in SC (using 330s) and one exercise they do is an emergency lane change at 40 MPH, once with traction control on and once with it off. The difference really is amazing.
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Originally Posted by bdkinnh' post='647470' date='Aug 15 2008, 12:17 PM
+1. I did a two-day school in SC (using 330s) and one exercise they do is an emergency lane change at 40 MPH, once with traction control on and once with it off. The difference really is amazing.
BUT... I then went to the 2-day M-school at the California Speedway in 07, and that really taught me how to control a vehicle with DSC off!! After taking the M-school, I can do the same emergency exercise at 50mph with DSC off and still recover back into the same lane. And this is being done in an M5, not a 330. The key to it... 1. vision 2. quick steering 3. throttle control - "don't lift off the throttle to zero input"
Another great exercise at the M-school was the figure 8 skid pad with DSC off in the M5. That really teaches you about weight transfer, throttle control, counter steer and the theory that "your hands turn the wheel to where you look". Plus it looks awesone when you're hammering 2nd gear around 6500rpm and you drift around a figure 8 with smoking tires!!!
So to all my e60 brothers and sisters... do yourself a favor and go to the M-school. Well worth the money, you get to thrash the hell out of the new M models, improve your driving skills, plus you get tons of cool stuff. They put me up for 2 nights at mission inn hotel in Riverside. $100 dinner certificate provided every night. Breakfast every morning. Catered lunch everyday at the track. Sick ass M-school jacket. M-school shirt. M-school racing duffle bag. Helmet. Helmet bag. And this is the coolest part - the DVD. Inside every car, they had a video system that records the vehicle information like rpm, trajectory, speed, etc. And the video also recorded a frontal view and a separate driver view so you can see your inputs on steering and shifting. Check it: http://www.racekeeper.com/
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Originally Posted by FiveThirtyI' post='647472' date='Aug 15 2008, 01:20 PM
Please elaborate and tell us more...
It's amazing how quickly it happened; one second I was making the lane change, and the next I was looking out the windshield at the instructor that until recently was behind me, asking me (on the radio) "So - what do you think of DSC?"
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Originally Posted by TrevX' post='647495' date='Aug 15 2008, 01:52 PM
+1 on the driving school. I also took the 2-day school but did it at the California Speedway in 06.
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My experience mirrors yours - the fun factor... and the swag. We used M5s, M6s, the new M3, M coupes... the whole shebang. I recently got my DVD back, and I hate to say that I can't watch it. Oh, the thing works fine, but all I can think about is the things I'm doing wrong. I don't know if we did the lane changes with DSC off, though.... can't remember. We did do the figure eights, but on a wet track as part of a "rat race" in the M coupes.