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02-02-2013, 07:51 AM | #30 |
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I keep mine off because within the first 3 months of having my car Stabilitrac kicked in a few times while I was either taking an exit ramp or entrance ramp to or from the beltway and almost threw me into a wall (Scared the living sh*t out of me). Yeah comp mode would suffice but I ran into a problem with a CEL every time I would get on the throttle hard. I kept telling myself it had something to do with Comp mode so I started driving with all nannies off and never got a CEL. Of course the CEL ended up being a bad Spark Plug but I never went back to Comp Mode. Nothing to do with ego.
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02-02-2013, 08:10 AM | #31 | |
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02-02-2013, 08:27 AM | #32 |
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Hmm, ever wonder how we got around before cars had "nannies.'?
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02-02-2013, 09:08 AM | #33 |
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just because a person turns everything off doesnt mean that they are gonna do something stupid, i turn mine off everytime that i drive the car, i was also in LE for 10 years and have been in more high speed pursuits then i can count. the only time that i leave the nannies on is in inclimate weather "rain or snow". the way that i see it, if i have the power available,i want it. if a person is gonna say that its stupid to turn them off, say that people with egos do it, or because they are wreckless needs to drive a prius
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02-02-2013, 10:16 AM | #34 | |
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02-02-2013, 10:32 AM | #35 |
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So what you're saying is that it's OK for somebody that has taken those courses to disable the nannies, but anyone else that does it is acting irresponsibly or is a tough guy?
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02-02-2013, 10:36 AM | #36 |
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No. I was trying to be diplomatic with my response. If the guy is comfortable driving with the nannies off that fine, I still will think you're being dumb. But that's MY opinion - and I am well aware that no matter what I say you'll continue to drive with the nannies off.
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02-02-2013, 10:48 AM | #37 | |
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Let me ask you a question: have you ever been driving with the nannies on, felt the car start to slip, and then done nothing to correct becasue you know the nannies are there?
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02-02-2013, 11:09 AM | #39 | |
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Call me a wuss for leaving the nannies on or whatever - I'd rather them be there for the one time I actually need them, then them not be there at all. |
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02-02-2013, 11:18 AM | #40 | |
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No- wouldn't call you a wuss. But I did know the answer before I asked the question I would say that we would agree on the necessity of the nanny controls, but disagree on their use.
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02-02-2013, 11:22 AM | #41 |
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I have mixed feelings about the nannies, however I leave them on unless I want to do something they dont allow me to do. (example: burnout, get sideways in a turn) otherwise there is no reason to disable them.
One time I took a corner with too much gas, the back end kicked out and I corrected for it before the nannies did, once they did however it caused the rearend to kick out the other way and my nose to go into the next lane. I was confused on this so I went back to that corner and got out of my car to go look. There was a mixture of what looked like antifreeze and oil there. It was slippery to walk on! Not sure if I would of controlled the car better without nannies and not sure if the nannies saved me from going up the curb. |
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Absolutely. Couldn't a agree.
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