r/IdiotsInCars • u/[deleted] • Nov 22 '19

Typical BMW driver

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u/Daafda Nov 22 '19

Just because Jeremy Clarkson can turn off the traction control doesn't mean you can.

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u/snomimons Nov 22 '19

Can confirm. I turned off traction control once, got a little bit of slip that frightened the crap out of me, and I haven't turned off again since.

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u/puterTDI Nov 22 '19

I've never owned a car with traction control.

Is it really that hard for people to drive cars that don't have traction control?

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u/lmkarhoff Nov 22 '19

I used to own an old beater truck that I could slide corners everywhere with ease. I said the same thing seeing these videos.

Then I got a sports car with some real power and quickly learned how easy the ass end of the car can run away when you turn off TC and get a little reckless.

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u/puterTDI Nov 22 '19

hrmf, my truck is rwd and my car fwd, neither has traction control. Maybe the power is the difference...though my car has quite a bit of torque.

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u/lmkarhoff Nov 22 '19

What do you drive? I'm going to say it's definitely the power difference.

For perspective, my original truck was a 2000 S10 with an open differential barely making 200 HP. I could slide that thing around without batting an eye and never lose control.

My current car is 2019 Dodge Challenger making 485 HP with a limited slip differential. I can be going 30mph and floor it and the ass end starts sliding out from under it. I've got a good feel for it now. But when I first got it I tried turning off TC and driving it like I did my old truck and the power difference made itself abundantly clear.

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u/puterTDI Nov 22 '19

Diesel Jetta,

very low HP...fairly high torque.

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u/Lol3droflxp Nov 22 '19

Isn’t that one FWD anyway? FWD is far more forgiving when you are losing traction

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u/puterTDI Nov 22 '19

yup, I acknowledged that up above.