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With VDC on, is it even possible to lose control of the car?

Originally Posted by critical Driving hard with VDC on doesn't mean much. Don't go turning it off and think you can drive like you've been driving though. Actually it does

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Old 08-05-2013, 06:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Driving hard with VDC on doesn't mean much. Don't go turning it off and think you can drive like you've been driving though.
Actually it does mean a lot. Someone who is driving with VDC on and VDC isn't cutting in means he is driving properly. That statement only holds true if someone doesn't know how to drive and VDC is cutting in all the time.
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Actually it does mean a lot. Someone who is driving with VDC on and VDC isn't cutting in means he is driving properly. That statement only holds true if someone doesn't know how to drive and VDC is cutting in all the time.
What if tires screech but the VDC doesn't come on?

Is it caused by the base tires not being good (wide) enough? When I put on my Volks I'm going with 305s at the rear, I'm suspecting this would not happen?

How hard could I be accelerating when I'm keeping it under 4k rpm?
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What if tires screech but the VDC doesn't come on?

Is it caused by the base tires not being good (wide) enough? When I put on my Volks I'm going with 305s at the rear, I'm suspecting this would not happen?

How hard could I be accelerating when I'm keeping it under 4k rpm?
Idk what tires are on the base but I never had that problem on my nismo. Even with the stock tires.

I run a 295 pilot supersport on the rear now and i definitely dont get that
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Actually it does mean a lot. Someone who is driving with VDC on and VDC isn't cutting in means he is driving properly. That statement only holds true if someone doesn't know how to drive and VDC is cutting in all the time.
It doesn't have to flash to cut in and to be working. Don't judge your driving on whether it's blinking at you.

VDC off is completely different. If you don't drive with it off, you don't know.
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It doesn't have to flash to cut in and to be working. Don't judge your driving on whether it's blinking at you.

VDC off is completely different. If you don't drive with it off, you don't know.
I do drive with it off sometimes but I don't feel a need to since it never cuts in unless I **** up or roads suck.

I think I know what VDC cutting in feels like, I have done canyon runs with it off and on, no difference in time, no difference in experience(my first canyon run with VDC off in fact was an accident, I forgot I turned it off and I did the run thinking it was on the entire time)
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I do drive with it off sometimes but I don't feel a need to since it never cuts in unless I **** up or roads suck.

I think I know what VDC cutting in feels like, I have done canyon runs with it off and on, no difference in time, no difference in experience(my first canyon run with VDC off in fact was an accident, I forgot I turned it off and I did the run thinking it was on the entire time)
I still say it's completely different. You can pretty much floor it with VDC on with no worries about spinning out.
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