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Originally Posted by Bad Boy
This is my first time in a car with over 200 horsepower and a manual transmission.
So I would like for someone to shed light on my novice driving skills...
The other day I was on the highway and it was raining lightly, then stopped.
It was one of those days where I felt like testing the cars power and decided to drive "abnormally".
I was going full throttle and shifting, then switched lanes.. all of a sudden my steering wheel does this jerking motion twice, as if it wanted to turn or go another direction. My VDC light flashed.
I couldnt tell if my rear was sliding or fishtailing, I was distracted by my steering wheel. I noticed I could have almost lost control of the car?
But my question is, does driving with VDC off help the vehicle handle more freely and cause less sliding or fishtailing, or the opposite?
I havent tried pushing my car with the VDC off until I feel more comfortable in my driving ability.
Thanks for any and all input.
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first all... a lot of respect to you for respecting the car's power and knowing your limitations. Heck i'm new to the RWD and manual world (i've driven other car's with similiar HP)
i have driven with VSC (lexus equiv) off but had AWD and practiced on side streets to see what the deal was. all i can say is AWD is a lot different than RWD. I was out one night with rain had VDC off and took a left-turn with a negative camber on the turn... I was maybe going 30kmh opened the throttle a bit and rev'd to about 4.5 RPM in 2nd and I lost traction. I've taken this corner many times but this was the first time this has happened. As i've experienced this before (AWD mind you) i knew to ease the gas a bit and counter steer. Had I no experience what was happening I would have spun out and worst case ended up in a pole... Pretty much did a 'wet drift' but needless to say after that moment i always keep VDC on in the rain. In fact even when i'm taking it easy I can feel the rears lose traction in the rain (especially going over the paint stripes through intersections!) and the OEM are not the best rain tires.
As other's have said... learn the car first then slowly push your skills. Always rate your self in the most humble and conservative as possible. Drive safe!