Service Active Handling
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 175
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From: Killeen, TX
I am not trying to bash the system because I understand why it is put in place and think its a good thing for the average driver. But too many people put too much trust in it and think it can overcome their lack of driving and or stupidity and they can drive however they want and be safe.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 7,683
Likes: 3
From: La La land cali
St. Jude Donor '09
Sorry bout the language after the last vid, but you get the pic. You think the AH was ON or OFF my little homies?
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 6,868
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From: Kelso Washington
St. Jude Donor '09, '13, '15
It doesn't protect you from straight stupidity. Speed and possible alcohol were involved. Again just because you have this doesn't make you a better driver or make the car handle turns at stupid speeds. If you are the stereotypical vette owner then by all means leave it on. But if you got any common sense and know your car you don't need this system.
Pro
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 539
Likes: 4
From: Jeffersonville IN
active handling is for old people and idiots who get out of control and don't know how to handle their car. more often than not, it's not going to save you from anything serious. i know it was impossible to drive in the snow with the traction control and active handling on. people have survived long enough without it. and as stated by my wife, when it goes bad, it can actually cause you to wreck. that's a pretty flawed system to me
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 963
Likes: 23
[/QUOTE]Sorry bout the language after the last vid, but you get the pic. You think the AH was ON or OFF my little homies?[/QUOTE]
It wouldn't have mattered if it was on or off. It's not a guard against super modified cars with ridiculous horsepower coupled with stupidity, which is obviously what we saw in the last video. Complete stupidity. There are places for that kind of behavior and city streets are not that place. Especially 1. When my kids are out riding their bicycles down the sidewalk and 2. when there is traffic on both sides of the road.
Idiots, I feel sorry for the beautiful Z06 but not for the retard driving it.
-Scott
It wouldn't have mattered if it was on or off. It's not a guard against super modified cars with ridiculous horsepower coupled with stupidity, which is obviously what we saw in the last video. Complete stupidity. There are places for that kind of behavior and city streets are not that place. Especially 1. When my kids are out riding their bicycles down the sidewalk and 2. when there is traffic on both sides of the road.
Idiots, I feel sorry for the beautiful Z06 but not for the retard driving it.
-Scott
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,802
Likes: 61
From: Wichita KS
C'mon guys, why the he11 did you buy it if you'd rather drive C3 technology? You spent the same amount as you would have on an early C3 (and in many cases more) just to dumb it down.
As I understood the explanation from GM when the technology was introduced, it is there to allow you to safely push the car harder than you could without it. It is not there to defeat the laws of physics.
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