Active Handling Question
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Active Handling Question
I had the traction control / active handling completely on. I took the vette for a ride in the rain last night and was stopped at a light. I never tried the traction control before so I thought I'd give it a shot. So I rev the engine just a little, let the clutch out with about less than half throttle. The moment the wheels began to spin the "active handling on" appeared in the DIC and the car appeared to be under control and slowing down but I was still able to give it some throttle ( I did not try to go WOT) Is this normal? I thought once Active Handling is activated ,it wouldn't let you continue giving throttle?? Please Help. 
P.S. If I'm going straight ( not in a turn ) shouldn't it say "traction control on" in the DIC ? BTW even though I still had my foot on the accelerator, I wasn't going anywhere. Normal ? or should the pedal prevent me from depressing it? Thanks in advance!
P.S. If I'm going straight ( not in a turn ) shouldn't it say "traction control on" in the DIC ? BTW even though I still had my foot on the accelerator, I wasn't going anywhere. Normal ? or should the pedal prevent me from depressing it? Thanks in advance!
Last edited by spectra6.0; May 3, 2005 at 04:30 AM.
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Your throttle is electronically controlled. There is no linkage between it and the throttle body. The pedal is nothing more than a "volume control". You can push it to the floor under any circumstances, the computer controls the amount the throttle body opens. Tractionn control is rarely activated without AH also. The slightest amount of tire spin on wet pavement usually causes a slight amount of fishtailing also, thus the AH message. All this is normal operation. 
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Thank you !
I thought it wasn't working right. I also own an ,01 T/A and when the traction control is activated you can not depress the accelerator.
Thanks again.
P.S. last night I did try one more experiment, taking advantage of the wet pavement. I intentionly accelerated hard going into a turn and the "active handling" in DIC came on , but I was going just a little too fast ( I guess ) because I went into a pretty good fishtail, I just kept the wheel pointing in the direction I would have liked to go in ( while sliding ) , then when
I regained traction I straightened the wheel out.
Good thing I was in a parking lot without anyother cars around! 
I thought it wasn't working right. I also own an ,01 T/A and when the traction control is activated you can not depress the accelerator.
Thanks again.
P.S. last night I did try one more experiment, taking advantage of the wet pavement. I intentionly accelerated hard going into a turn and the "active handling" in DIC came on , but I was going just a little too fast ( I guess ) because I went into a pretty good fishtail, I just kept the wheel pointing in the direction I would have liked to go in ( while sliding ) , then when
I regained traction I straightened the wheel out.
Good thing I was in a parking lot without anyother cars around!
Last edited by spectra6.0; May 5, 2005 at 05:27 AM.
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Originally Posted by spectra6.0
Thanks again for your input!
I am a little lost between "competitive mode" and turning off only "traction control". Doesn't "competitive mode" turn off "traction control"? What's the difference?
I am a little lost between "competitive mode" and turning off only "traction control". Doesn't "competitive mode" turn off "traction control"? What's the difference?
Traction control is very inhibitive to aggressive driving and cannot be used for tracking or dragracing. On the other hand, Active Handling is indispensible for dragracing because it is not activated in any way until you are in trouble. AH will get in the way for track events as you begin getting more aggressive because you cannot slide the car around turns.
To make a long story short, they are very much different and useful at different times. If you put it in competition mode, you can turn off the display by pushing the reset button.
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Originally Posted by robvuk
On the C5, if you just push the traction control button, it will turn off the traction control and the active handling. If you push and hold the button for 5 seconds, it will shut off traction control but leave Active Handling ON. This is the competition mode. I don't own a C6 yet but I'm told that they reversed that order.
Traction control is very inhibitive to aggressive driving and cannot be used for tracking or dragracing. On the other hand, Active Handling is indispensible for dragracing because it is not activated in any way until you are in trouble. AH will get in the way for track events as you begin getting more aggressive because you cannot slide the car around turns.
To make a long story short, they are very much different and useful at different times. If you put it in competition mode, you can turn off the display by pushing the reset button.
Traction control is very inhibitive to aggressive driving and cannot be used for tracking or dragracing. On the other hand, Active Handling is indispensible for dragracing because it is not activated in any way until you are in trouble. AH will get in the way for track events as you begin getting more aggressive because you cannot slide the car around turns.
To make a long story short, they are very much different and useful at different times. If you put it in competition mode, you can turn off the display by pushing the reset button.
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Originally Posted by iteachflyin
I decided to check out the competitive driving mode just to see if it would display on my DIC. It did. I don't drive competitively and now I'm not sure how to turn off the competitive mode and get back both my AH and TC. Actually, I'm now not sure what mode I'm in??
The sequence is, one push turns off TC, two quick pushes within 5 seconds puts you in competitive driving mode (TC is off, AH is still on but the threshold where it kicks in is raised), and pushing and *holding* the button down for 5 seconds completely turns off both TC and AH. In all cases, shutting down the engine and restarting resets you to full TC and AH on.
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Originally Posted by shopdog
Once you shut the car off and restart, you're back in normal mode with both TC and AH active.
The sequence is, one push turns off TC, two quick pushes within 5 seconds puts you in competitive driving mode (TC is off, AH is still on but the threshold where it kicks in is raised), and pushing and *holding* the button down for 5 seconds completely turns off both TC and AH. In all cases, shutting down the engine and restarting resets you to full TC and AH on.
The sequence is, one push turns off TC, two quick pushes within 5 seconds puts you in competitive driving mode (TC is off, AH is still on but the threshold where it kicks in is raised), and pushing and *holding* the button down for 5 seconds completely turns off both TC and AH. In all cases, shutting down the engine and restarting resets you to full TC and AH on.
