Was wondering how many here have used their launch control.
Also do people believe this is "abusing" the car?

 

Its worthless, you can launch the car alot better without it..... And no, its not abusive, thats what these cars were built for.

Contrary to the believe of most people that own these things "the older crowd" (no disrespect intended) these cars were not designed to cruise around in, they were designed to beat the hell out of and take LOADS of abuse.

 

 

Son, we were abusing cars before you were even a twinkle in your Father's eye. :

 

Not enough do! But its good to hear! I see way to many older owners that just baby the hell out of these things. Own a caddy to cruise, own a vette to DRIVE!

 

Thank you well said
z51vett

 

Well, considering the Caddy CTS-V can keep up with my LS3 M6, I'm not sure this analogy is true any more. But I share your apparent frustration with the way some old farts drive, but then again I feel sorry that many youngsters today elect to drive either torque control automatics, or "launch control" manual transmission Vettes, because they never have taken the time to master the finer skills of driving a sports car.

 

Define DRIVE Mr. breecher7

 

Ok

Drive   

verb, drove or ( Archaic ) drave, driv·en, driv·ing, noun, adjective
–verb (used with object)

1. to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
2. to cause and guide the movement of (a vehicle, an animal, etc.): to drive a car; to drive a mule.
3. to convey in a vehicle: She drove them to the station.
4. to force to work or act: He drove the workers until they collapsed.
5. to impel; constrain; urge; compel.
6. to carry (business, an agreement, etc.) vigorously through: He drove a hard bargain.
7. to keep (machinery) going.
8. Baseball .
a. to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a base hit or sacrifice fly: He drove him home with a scratch single.
b. to cause (a run) to be scored by a base hit or sacrifice fly: He drove in two runs.
9. Golf . to hit (a golf ball), especially from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron: She drove the ball within ten feet of the pin.
10. Sports .
a. to hit or propel (a ball, puck, shuttlecock, etc.) very hard.
b. to kick (a ball) with much force.
11. Hunting .
a. to chase (game).
b. to search (a district) for game.
12. to float (logs) down a river or stream.
13. (in mining, construction, etc.) to excavate (a mine or tunnel heading).
–verb (used without object)
14. to cause and guide the movement of a vehicle or animal, especially to operate an automobile.
15. to go or travel in a driven vehicle: He drives to work with me.
16. Golf . to hit a golf ball, especially from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron: He drove long and straight throughout the match.
17. to strive vigorously toward a goal or objective; to work, play, or try wholeheartedly and with determination.
18. to go along before an impelling force; be impelled: The ship drove before the wind.
19. to rush or dash violently.
–noun
20. the act of driving.
21. a trip in a vehicle, especially a short pleasure trip: a Sunday drive in the country.
22. an impelling along, as of game, cattle, or floating logs, in a particular direction.
23. the animals, logs, etc., thus driven.
24. Psychology . an inner urge that stimulates activity or inhibition; a basic or instinctive need: the hunger drive; sex drive.
25. a vigorous onset or onward course toward a goal or objective: the drive toward the goal line.
26. a strong military offensive.
27. a united effort to accomplish some specific purpose, especially to raise money, as for a charity.
28. energy and initiative: a person with great drive.
29. vigorous pressure or effort, as in business.
30. a road for vehicles, especially a scenic one, as in or along a park, or a short one, as an approach to a house.
31. Machinery . a driving mechanism, as of an automobile: gear drive; chain drive.
32. Automotive . the point or points of power application to the roadway: front-wheel drive; four-wheel drive.
33. Sports .
a. an act or instance of driving a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like.
b. the flight of such a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like, that has been driven with much force.
34. Golf . a shot, especially with a driver or driving iron from the tee, that is intended to carry a great distance.
35. a hunt in which game is driven toward stationary hunters.
36. Electronics . excitation ( def. 5 ) .
–adjective
37. noting or pertaining to a part of a machine or vehicle used for its propulsion.
—Verb phrase
38. drive at, to attempt or intend to convey; allude to; suggest: What are you driving at?
—Idiom
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English drīven, Old English drīfan; cognate with Dutch drijven, Old Norse drīfa, Gothic dreiban, German treiben

—Related forms
driv·a·ble, drive·a·ble, adjective
non·driv·a·ble, adjective
non·drive·a·ble, adjective
pre·drive, verb, -drove, -driv·en, -driv·ing.
re·drive, verb, -drove, -driv·en, -driv·ing.
un·driv·a·ble, adjective


—Synonyms
1. push, force. 2, 15. Drive, ride are used interchangeably to mean traveling in an automobile or, formerly, in a horse-drawn vehicle. These two words are not synonyms in other connections. To drive is to maneuver, guide, or steer the progress of a vehicle, animal, etc.: to drive a bus, a horse. To ride is to be carried about by an animal or be carried as a passenger in a vehicle: to ride a horse, a train, a bus. 28. push; ambition, motivation.

 

I would be in the pen if I drove my Vette like I really WANTED to! We need an American Autobahn.

 

But what is the launch control? Is it in the M6 and not the A6?

 

Ok back to the topic, is LC really worthless? Its the one intriguing factor that draws me to maybe step up to a GS.

 

Amen Brother!

 

An owner of a car does what he damn well pleases! That said, Corvettes are performance cars and can be driven hard. They are not designed to "take loads of abuse", no production car is! I enjoy hard accelerations, spirited rides through the twisty's, day at the track, passing up slower cars or just driving down the highway with some tunes. I do not hole shot, drop the clutch at 4k rpm and do burnouts on the streets. That is irresponsible behavior and abusive to any production car. You play you pay, just don't come crying on this forum when sh** hits the fan!

 

 

Does anyone actually use it

 

Your kidding me right? These cars were not set up with LAUNCH CONTROL from the factory to be driven easy, the engineers KNOW these cars are driven hard and they will take LOADS of abuse. You will never hear me crying about **** that breaks on this board, im usually telling people the same thing, pay to play. If you actually know how to drive (proper shifting and such) its damn near impossible to break a C6 in stock form, especially on the stock **** runflats that have no traction.

Back on topic though, yes, the launch control is really worthless, atleast to me. I can hook the car up alot better without it. In my eyes it revs the engine way to high to even attempt a good launch with runflats. If you have drag radials on it, it may work better. I may just put my drag radials on my wifes C6 and give it a shot just to see. But when I was first playing with it, it just smokes the tires silly.... Really a worthless addition in my eyes.

 

Its a M6 feature on the 2010 plus cars. It allows you to stage the car at a set RPM with your foot matted to the floor. As soon as you dump the clutch the car takes off and engine RPM increases as normal or to an extent, there is alot of electronic monitoring that goes on to try and make the car hook up quicker, there is a video on it somewhere, ive seen it. The problem with this is that the launch RPM is way to high for **** stock tires. They just go up in smoke.

 

I'm 29 years old, and was taught to respect my elders. Secondly, they can drive whatever way they want as long as the car gives them the pleasure who cares?!!

I take care of my vette, I take it up to 120+ every now and then but for the most part just cruise around with the top down and fir get about the world, it's a feeling that every driver describes different.

I take care of and also use my things, but I don't abuse them... If you do, more owed to you... But when you bad mouth "older persons" in the process, that's just wrong!

 

Revving the engine to 4,000 rpm and then dropping the clutch is very hard on any machinery.

I'm not saying that it shouldn't be done, but it is hard on things.