Probably the case, but then it should detect a tire as 'spinning' and cut the power to that wheel, no?~tc~ wrote:If it has so little grip, there is nothing to "sense" - i think you will find all cars suffer this limitation. Proper tires are key.
Sounds of the ESP Kicking In
I've found this to be the case as well. I've not had anything other than abs actuate in normal driving, even when sliding a bit. You have to be waaay out (like drifting the rear end in snow) for the system to kick in.Ronzuki wrote:You really have to be downright aggressive, almost abusive, with your driving for it to work to the point you're going to notice it attempting to help overcome said stupid driving in most cases. Just simply driving in a normal, or even slightly aggressive, fashion doesn't really yield much driver feed-back. I'm talking about really throwing the car around. That's the type of car this is... a hard driver's machine. I'm fortunate to live in an area where there are places and times I can have fun with it, throw it around and experience the wonders of the tech in this car (as opposed to the old 60s and 70s RWD jalopies that had nothing). Of course you're going to need some place 'safe' to test this out.
I guess ESP can only tame a certain level of stupidity 
http://video.carsguide.com.au/243536406 ... deoindex18
(That driver had probably turned it off- because they know how to drive.....)
http://video.carsguide.com.au/243536406 ... deoindex18
(That driver had probably turned it off- because they know how to drive.....)
David
Drifting is a lot harder than it looks. Sliding a bit here and there is easy; going full-out like that and having control isn't.murcod wrote:I guess ESP can only tame a certain level of stupidity
http://video.carsguide.com.au/243536406 ... deoindex18
(That driver had probably turned it off- because they know how to drive.....)