Active Handling Rocks
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From: Horncastle Lincolnshire, England
2023 C5 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
Active Handling Rocks
I was driving home through the Lincolnshire back roads. The roads are just wide enough for two to pass. There was a light drizzle and the roads were just nicely slick. Approaching a tight S bend only doing about 50-60 and a truck cut the corner onto my side of the road. I kept in tight to the apex to avoid him but it put me off the correct line for the corner. As I accelerated out of the corner - nothing hard just normal sort of pull away and a turn in - I got a nice little shimmy as the power hit the back end.
The AH cut in and within two cycles I was back rock solid straight. Theres no doubt a spin at that point with traffic following would have been bad.
This system works if you ever doubted it. Thanks General
The AH cut in and within two cycles I was back rock solid straight. Theres no doubt a spin at that point with traffic following would have been bad.
This system works if you ever doubted it. Thanks General
Last edited by DeeGee; Sep 28, 2007 at 12:10 PM.
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From: studio city ca
I was driving home through the Lincolnshire back roads. The roads are just wide enough for two to pass. There was a light drizzle and the roads were just nicely slick. Approaching a tight S bend only doing about 50-60 and a truck cut the corner onto my side of the road. I kept in tight to the apex to avoid him but it put me off the correct line for the corner. As I accelerated out of the corner - nothing hard just normal sort of pull away and a turn in - I got a nice little shimmy as the power hit the back end.
The AH cut in and within two cycles I was back rock solid straight. Theres no doubt a spin at that point with traffic following would have been bad.
This system works if you ever doubted it. Thanks General
The AH cut in and within two cycles I was back rock solid straight. Theres no doubt a spin at that point with traffic following would have been bad.
This system works if you ever doubted it. Thanks General
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12
Yep, it works pretty well. It has saved me a couple times when I was still stock. Now my car needs a lot more driver's input and the excercise of controlling the itch in right foot 
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From: Horncastle Lincolnshire, England
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12
Just be careful. Even with stock power AH sometimes is NOT enough. I can tell you this by my HPDE days
.I sort of grew up in London and I know the roads there are quite narrow compared to States. Trust me my 750 HP car does not scare me here as much as my cousin's Camen S with 300 BHP did last year there
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From: Houston TX
I had a similar situation pop up yesterday.
I was on the feeder turning right onto a road that was on a upslope.The sprinkler system was on and was spraying water onto the road and as I turn I felt my right side getting loose.Active handling activated,straightened out the car, and hell I even managed to see the active handing message pop up on my DIC.
I was on the feeder turning right onto a road that was on a upslope.The sprinkler system was on and was spraying water onto the road and as I turn I felt my right side getting loose.Active handling activated,straightened out the car, and hell I even managed to see the active handing message pop up on my DIC.
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From: Prescott AZ
St. Jude Donor '04
In the rain it's great otherwise I don't need it and it bugs me when it comes on when I used to forgot and want to have my rear end come around a corner. Having a 97 again I don't have to worry about it!
