Traction control button on or off
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I leave comp-mode on and that's fine for me. Won't have everything on unless the weather's bad. It's saved my butt in the rain once when the rear tires lost traction in the rain. First experience I ever had with a car's traction control system(was use to limited slip differentials not computer assisted control).
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Depends what year car you are driving on how the TC works. The early TC was much more sensitive than the 01 and up TC. I can leave TC on in my Z spin the tires through 1st, hit second and spin the tires and only feel a slight bog (hesitation) when I hit 3rd. My 97 would only do that if it was perfectly straight before I hit the throttle. My 97 would also bog like mad pulling out of a parking lot at 5mph in low if one rear wheel rode up on a bump and the other didin't. The bump changed relative wheel speeds in the rear and triggered the TC which would almost kill the engine due to the low speed. The Z doesn't do that at all.
The thing about TC no matter what year car you have is the fact that you do not know when you will need it and no matter how good a driver you are you can get caught napping and be in a world of hurt.
By the way most of my high performance driving school education over the past 15 years has taught me that most drivers (99.9999999999999+ %) do not know how to drive and the best I have met so far have all proven the statement true so far.
Bill
The thing about TC no matter what year car you have is the fact that you do not know when you will need it and no matter how good a driver you are you can get caught napping and be in a world of hurt.
By the way most of my high performance driving school education over the past 15 years has taught me that most drivers (99.9999999999999+ %) do not know how to drive and the best I have met so far have all proven the statement true so far.
Bill
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I leave it on for regular driving. The thing is that I'm not 100% alert / aware 100% of the time. I admit it. No one is. Navigating canyon twisties or whatever, I am extremely alert, but in daily driving, honestly, I'm not at that level. Too exhausting to be hyper-vigilant for long periods every day. The computer doesn't get fatigued, doesn't have bad days, doesn't have its mind on some other aspect of its life, etc. I'll turn the TC off sometimes, but I know it's like eating a very rare hamburger (which I do too, sometimes.) Really tasty, but some additional risk involved.
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When my car was just bolt-ons, I liked turning it off to get a little more tire scratch. However, now that I've done the heads & cam, traction control stays on almost all of the time. Now, if I'm not on the drag radials, tire spin is just a throttle stab away at around town speeds. It used to be fun to get a little extra tire scratch. But as the car got faster, it got a little more out of hand. Its nice to leave TC on, and not have to worry that rolling too hard into the throttle is going to blow off the tires while merging onto the highway.
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St. Jude Donor '08
I would be a complete fool to leave it off all the time. When I do leave it off, I have to rally be careful and be prepared for the unexpected. 650 hp at the rear wheels takes nothing at all to turn the car completely sideways. Try that at about 80mph, and it is not a comfortable feeling. Actually seldon ever keep it off on public roads. Even a minor kick on the accelerator will result in massive torque pull and wheel spin.
Why risk it, unless you are very experienced, just take it off when the conditions warrant a little excitement. Otherwise it is a very valuable asset to your driving.
Good luck. Just keep in mind what your car would look like in a ditch!!!
Why risk it, unless you are very experienced, just take it off when the conditions warrant a little excitement. Otherwise it is a very valuable asset to your driving.
Good luck. Just keep in mind what your car would look like in a ditch!!!
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Depends what year car you are driving on how the TC works. The early TC was much more sensitive than the 01 and up TC. I can leave TC on in my Z spin the tires through 1st, hit second and spin the tires and only feel a slight bog (hesitation) when I hit 3rd. My 97 would only do that if it was perfectly straight before I hit the throttle. My 97 would also bog like mad pulling out of a parking lot at 5mph in low if one rear wheel rode up on a bump and the other didin't. The bump changed relative wheel speeds in the rear and triggered the TC which would almost kill the engine due to the low speed. The Z doesn't do that at all.
The thing about TC no matter what year car you have is the fact that you do not know when you will need it and no matter how good a driver you are you can get caught napping and be in a world of hurt.
By the way most of my high performance driving school education over the past 15 years has taught me that most drivers (99.9999999999999+ %) do not know how to drive and the best I have met so far have all proven the statement true so far.
Bill
The thing about TC no matter what year car you have is the fact that you do not know when you will need it and no matter how good a driver you are you can get caught napping and be in a world of hurt.
By the way most of my high performance driving school education over the past 15 years has taught me that most drivers (99.9999999999999+ %) do not know how to drive and the best I have met so far have all proven the statement true so far.
Bill
I had a 2000 and the traction control was like turning the ignition off and back on. Now my 01 is way more fun to drive. You can burn em around a corner pretty good and the TC wont even kick in until you just get to that 
point and then it comes on soft and recovers pretty darn quick. Im so glad they upgraded to gen II TC/AH
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there are 2 connectors under the seat, 1 is for the seat power controls, the other is for the seat belt light. Just unplug it.