On an all wheel drive car with stability control and traction control,
you do have more reserve cornering power than when driving manually.
The computer can direct power to which ever wheel or wheels can best
help recover full traction. A good stability control system can do more
than any driver can do without it, regardless of skill.
Paul
On Oct 22, 2005, at 12:51 PM, graywolf wrote:
To me the thing is that when it gets that way you know you are near
the edge, with that fancy traction control you don't. Just because the
robot feedback seems stable does not mean you have any more reserve
cornering power than when driving manually. I would rather be scared,
I may slow down then rather than crash.
graywolf
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keith_w wrote:
Paul Stenquist wrote:
True enough of the classic Bimmers. Contemporary BMWs with stability
control and traction control do fine. That's pretty much true of any
rear driver. Without an extremely talented driver or an equally
talented computer, they can be a handful in the rain. That being
said, I drove a 340 horsepower Chrysler 300C in the rain on
Chrysler's test track up in Auburn Hills. It has a stability control
system based on the Mercedes electronics. Try as I might, I couldn't
get it to stumble even on wet pavement with the pedal to the metal.
With the system switched off, keeping it on the straight and narrow
required a very delicate touch, and I found I couldn't equal the
performance of the electronics using just my brain and my foot.
Paul
Very interesting data point, Paul.
In a Chrysler, no less! How things have changed...
keith whaley
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