Traction Control
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From: Hackettstown, NJ
Traction Control I will be buying an ls1 in about 2 months before i leave for the army. My fiance will be driving it while im gone and wanted to know if having traction control is that helpful. I had a firebird and know whats its like driving in the rain but i dont want her to wreck it lol. Any help is appreciated
It is helpful in the rain but if you drive with some common sense it is not necessary.
I let my GF drive home one night from the bars after a rain cause she only had a couple drinks. When we got in the car I said whatever you do "DON'T MAT IT". Two blocks from her house she gives in to temptation and kicks it and next thing you know we hop the curb and are facing the other direction
I was so pissed I didn't even speak to her til the next day cause I knew I would blow up No I don't have traction or it would have been on
I let my GF drive home one night from the bars after a rain cause she only had a couple drinks. When we got in the car I said whatever you do "DON'T MAT IT". Two blocks from her house she gives in to temptation and kicks it and next thing you know we hop the curb and are facing the other direction
I was so pissed I didn't even speak to her til the next day cause I knew I would blow up No I don't have traction or it would have been on Last edited by SOMbitch; Jun 10, 2009 at 10:43 AM.
very nice! very helpful! and can be fun if you get artsy with it... 
kick in sideways in first and then hit second get a lil more sideways and then throw it on and bam instantly straight! its a kick in the pants! lol
kick in sideways in first and then hit second get a lil more sideways and then throw it on and bam instantly straight! its a kick in the pants! lol
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From: Lacey, WA (JBLM)
Advice I will be buying an ls1 in about 2 months before i leave for the army. My fiance will be driving it while im gone and wanted to know if having traction control is that helpful. I had a firebird and know whats its like driving in the rain but i dont want her to wreck it lol. Any help is appreciated
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From: Portland, Oregon
It is helpful in the rain but if you drive with some common sense it is not necessary.
I let my GF drive home one night from the bars after a rain cause she only had a couple drinks. When we got in the car I said whatever you do "DON'T MAT IT". Two blocks from her house she gives in to temptation and kicks it and next thing you know we hop the curb and are facing the other direction I was so pissed I didn't even speak to her til the next day cause I knew I would blow up No I don't have traction or it would have been on
I let my GF drive home one night from the bars after a rain cause she only had a couple drinks. When we got in the car I said whatever you do "DON'T MAT IT". Two blocks from her house she gives in to temptation and kicks it and next thing you know we hop the curb and are facing the other direction
I was so pissed I didn't even speak to her til the next day cause I knew I would blow up No I don't have traction or it would have been on
The first thing I always did after starting my car was to turn the tcs off. I deleted it when I did my M9 last yr.
If someone will be driving the car that's not familiar with how they react in different conditions, traction control will help a lot at keeping them in check. I like the advice given above, don't even tell her it can be turned off.
If someone will be driving the car that's not familiar with how they react in different conditions, traction control will help a lot at keeping them in check. I like the advice given above, don't even tell her it can be turned off.
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From: Harrisonburg, Virginia
I agree that saying out of the pedal is the best way to be safe, but I don't get why you guys turn it off for every day driving. I turn it off if I'm going to launch or something, but I don't bother for regular DDing. Just doesn't seem like there is a reason to turn it off unless you're running hard.
Cause my car isn't a daily driver, and it didn't take much to break the tires loose, or haze them over on a spirited run. I didn't like the tcs kicking the pedal back on me at an unexpected time. I didn't take it out on rainy days either so I had no use for it at all.
Even if I was driving it quite normally, I would still tend to get on it to pass people or just because I wanted to, and it was easier to have it off from the start then to try and remember to flip it off before I hit the go pedal.
Even if I was driving it quite normally, I would still tend to get on it to pass people or just because I wanted to, and it was easier to have it off from the start then to try and remember to flip it off before I hit the go pedal.
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From: Knappa, Oregon
I installed the SLP TCS reverse switch so the default setting is 'always off' unless I decide to turn it on. But if I were leaving the car with someone else I would take that back out and leave it 'always on'.
im iffy about the tcs i absolutely hate it at stop lights on wet roads one lil chirp and im sittin there for a few secs motionless with the person behind me honkin and yellin, my tires are great still 7/32 tread left on g forces and it still does it. also just the other day out to lunch from work it was rainin and i pulled out into an intersection with plenty of time til mr low traction your not going anywhere anymore light came on and almost got me hit by a truck
now in the snow it works wonders once you get moving but will keep you in your spot alot of times til you turn it off to get yourself moving, even with my snow tires
but yeah for someone else driving it i would much rather have tcs and would rather them not know how to turn it off
now in the snow it works wonders once you get moving but will keep you in your spot alot of times til you turn it off to get yourself moving, even with my snow tires
but yeah for someone else driving it i would much rather have tcs and would rather them not know how to turn it off