The advantages are that when TC is off it can't cut power and either make you bog (as mentioned) or run with slightly less power than the tires might actually be able to take. For TC to work, its threshhold has to be a little bit lower than the maximum possible. Launch control may be consistently better than some or many drivers, but it's at least possible for it to be consistently not as good a a few other drivers. You'll never find out if you've even got a shot at being one of the good ones if you leave the TC on.
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Originally Posted by LS3 SS
Easier wrecks. Just do a search on the forum and see how many people have fallen victim to losing control of their car due to turning the S/T and T/C off. If you're at the track, that's one thing, but you should never turn it off during normal driving.
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So what you're saying is you don't think anybody here has the requisite levels of skill, judgment, and experience to safely drive a 5th gen Camaro unassisted?
Sorry, but I beg to differ.
And I'll further argue that by spending virtually all of your driving time under the limitations set by the various nannies you end up LESS well equipped to deal with what these cars can and will do if you get too sloppy and you've turned them off. Whatever hard driving that you do under their supervision does not count as practice for when they're off. Think about it.
No, I wouldn't jump into a Camaro of any spec and try to find its limits all at once. But I wouldn't be the least bit afraid to drive one without ever leaving them on. Pick any model.
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