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spearfish25 · 06-01-2009, 03:34 PM

I had the pleasure of partaking in the TrackDaze event (HPDE course) in Joliet this weekend and it was an absolute blast. While I was the only privately owned 370Z there, a local dealer brought a few over for test drives on the track. They had a professional race driver taking people for hot laps throughout the day. Prior to my ride-along, I did three sessions and found that VDC was not overly intrusive at all. The smoother you are with your driving, the less it would butt in. The times it did come on, it really kept the car stable and didn't kill the forward momentum at all.

Then came the hot laps with the pro. He kept VDC activated and drove the living $hit out of the car. I never thought the 370Z could do the things he was doing with it...utterly incredible. Despite being a the outer limits of tire grip and traction, the car really didn't cut power or apply VDC braking. I was truly impressed with the VDC yesterday.

just figured I'd weigh in because most people think it's overly intrusive.

06-01-2009, 03:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1856	VDC not so bad, actually darn good I had the pleasure of partaking in the TrackDaze event (HPDE course) in Joliet this weekend and it was an absolute blast. While I was the only privately owned 370Z there, a local dealer brought a few over for test drives on the track. They had a professional race driver taking people for hot laps throughout the day. Prior to my ride-along, I did three sessions and found that VDC was not overly intrusive at all. The smoother you are with your driving, the less it would butt in. The times it did come on, it really kept the car stable and didn't kill the forward momentum at all. Then came the hot laps with the pro. He kept VDC activated and drove the living $hit out of the car. I never thought the 370Z could do the things he was doing with it...utterly incredible. Despite being a the outer limits of tire grip and traction, the car really didn't cut power or apply VDC braking. I was truly impressed with the VDC yesterday. just figured I'd weigh in because most people think it's overly intrusive.