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Not sure how often I'll actually use this, but at spring mountain the weather mode intervention was incredible!
Saw some idiot crashed his car in track mode in wet weather, which should not even be used on the street in dry conditions, so I hope this helps someone.
Weather mode is impressive, no question. While I was at Ron Fellows, one of the other drivers recorded me on the skid pad. After a few spins while trying to loop the cones at high speed, weather mode was enabled (towards the end) and you can see that even trying at full throttle to loop the cones it kept the car planted.
I have used it on the street, in heavy rain. I like it. Curious about why the engine sound setting is "stealth" when the Weather Drive Mode is selected. There is a caution about spirited driving with the engine sound set to stealth. See attached clip. I believe that the benefits of the Weather drive mode could also be achieved in Z-mode, by duplicating the default weather drive mode settings, except that engine sound could be set to Tour, Sport, or Track, like this:
Engine / Shift: Weather
Steering: Tour
Suspension: Tour
Brake Feel: Tour
Engine Sound: Tour, Sport, Track whatever one wants
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Thanks for sharing that the weather mode setting works well. I have never used it on my C7 as I just do not drive the car when the weather is bad, but if the C7 settings work as well as the C8, it is a nice thing to have on the car.
Thanks for sharing that the weather mode setting works well. I have never used it on my C7 as I just do not drive the car when the weather is bad, but if the C7 settings work as well as the C8, it is a nice thing to have on the car.
When you are five states away from home and the bottom drops out while you’re on the road you are without choice. When it starts raining I engage weather mode. It won’t prevent hydroplaning but it will help otherwise.
A couple of weeks ago, while driving from BG to North Carolina to see my daughter, I got into some pretty severe rain in the mountains. I used weather mode and the car really felt solid on the road. As for the exhaust overheating, I am not sure why you would want to be doing spirited driving in a rainstorm.
A couple of weeks ago, while driving from BG to North Carolina to see my daughter, I got into some pretty severe rain in the mountains. I used weather mode and the car really felt solid on the road. As for the exhaust overheating, I am not sure why you would want to be doing spirited driving in a rainstorm.
Yeah, I agree with that, but I was wondering why they chose to have the engine sound default to stealth - the exhaust setting would not seem to have anything to do with wet weather handling. And although spirited driving in weather mode doesn't make sense, that is exactly what is going on in the video that someone posted above. It seems to be a possible choice for wet surface track-like driving. I know in the video it was only a short period of time and so harmless.
As noted above, I also had the same positive experience driving in heavy rain in weather mode. The car felt solid, surefooted. I recommend it for wet and rainy street driving. Not that I do that intentionally. I got caught in a heavy storm at the end of bright, clear, sunny day.
Yeah, I agree with that, but I was wondering why they chose to have the engine sound default to stealth - the exhaust setting would not seem to have anything to do with wet weather handling. And although spirited driving in weather mode doesn't make sense, that is exactly what is going on in the video that someone posted above. It seems to be a possible choice for wet surface track-like driving. I know in the video it was only a short period of time and so harmless.
As noted above, I also had the same positive experience driving in heavy rain in weather mode. The car felt solid, surefooted. I recommend it for wet and rainy street driving. Not that I do that intentionally. I got caught in a heavy storm at the end of bright, clear, sunny day.
Perhaps they use exhaust Stealth mode in Weather mode to give you an easy way to get into Stealth mode. Otherwise you would have dedicate your exhaust mode to Stealth in Z-Mode and/or My Mode.
Perhaps they use exhaust Stealth mode in Weather mode to give you an easy way to get into Stealth mode. Otherwise you would have dedicate your exhaust mode to Stealth in Z-Mode and/or My Mode.
I like that explanation. I see a lot of folks post that they leave their neighborhood in stealth mode to avoid troubling the neighbors. Thats a quick way to get there.
Four days after I picked up my C8 I got caught in a downpour at night coming home from a UGA football game. I was on the busy Atlanta expressways when it started and it lasted many miles on I-75 North to my rural exit. When it started I switched to Weather mode and was very impressed with the way the car handled. I don't have the Z51 package so I do have the all season tires but the car felt very planted on the road and never even hinted at hydroplaning.
Since having NPP gives you 5 BIG horses over standard, my guess is that weather mode going to stealth is to limit power, having nothing to do with noise. .. .Just a guess.
I've been thinking about this since Ron Fellows..... Those who have done this know about figure 8 wet pavement counter steering exercise, then turning on weather mode.... .. As all the cars are Z51s, they have eLSDs. I've been wondering if weather mode in NON-Z51s is as effective...
I've been thinking about this since Ron Fellows..... Those who have done this know about figure 8 wet pavement counter steering exercise, then turning on weather mode.... .. As all the cars are Z51s, they have eLSDs. I've been wondering if weather mode in NON-Z51s is as effective...
The biggest difference I noticed was (a) throttle limiting (ignition-based or fuel-based, it's all drive by wire) based upon steering angle and (b) braking based upon traction and yaw rate. Once weather mode was engaged, I could mash the throttle and it wouldn't matter, buried to the floor the car would not slide or spin out. As steering angle reduced, power would slowly come back on (sorta like the string from the wheel to the pedal metaphor) but never full throttle. ESC would continue to do its thing with braking as well.
As for the exhaust mode comments, well, in weather mode you're likely pulling less power and probably cylinders, so increasing the back pressure would help the engine.
Four days after I picked up my C8 I got caught in a downpour at night coming home from a UGA football game. I was on the busy Atlanta expressways when it started and it lasted many miles on I-75 North to my rural exit. When it started I switched to Weather mode and was very impressed with the way the car handled. I don't have the Z51 package so I do have the all season tires but the car felt very planted on the road and never even hinted at hydroplaning.
Hydroplaning is a combined function of road surface, water depth, speed and tire contact patch. Normally it isn’t a problem. You consider the factors and adjust your driving. On my way to Spring Mountain I experienced it on a two lane section of Rt 82 in rural Mississippi. 35 mph, extremely smooth asphalt, fairly severe right hand turn and unexpected water collected on road surface. About a foot and a half “jump” to the left in 1/4 second. Big WAKE UP. Have driven in much worse weather conditions without incident.
Hydroplaning is a combined function of road surface, water depth, speed and tire contact patch. Normally it isn’t a problem. You consider the factors and adjust your driving. On my way to Spring Mountain I experienced it on a two lane section of Rt 82 in rural Mississippi. 35 mph, extremely smooth asphalt, fairly severe right hand turn and unexpected water collected on road surface. About a foot and a half “jump” to the left in 1/4 second. Big WAKE UP. Have driven in much worse weather conditions without incident.
Interesting. I do know what causes hydroplaning. Have you driven on Atlanta interstates? Where there is no road construction the road surfaces are terrible and water collecting in unexpected spots always happens. I guess I drive on those roads looking for people splashing their way through the big puddles.
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