took vdc off
 

and no the z is still in one piece...

but what a beast. left or right turns anything above 3.5 or 4 k it spins em. too intense. or should i say too much fun LOL

anyone else rock vdc off on a daily basis?

imo it requires to much attention for DD, takes attention away from whats around you. now what i mean? sure is fun though!

I'm too scared to keep it off on a daily basis lol

Yep.
I also live life one quarter mile at a time.

Everytime I crank my car I hit the off button. I wouldn't do it in the rain, but I never drive mine in the rain. I do take driving serious though even if it is just to cruise. My feet and hands are my VDC.

Never really understood all the hooplah surrounding VDC off. I turned it off quite a bit and never had any issues. A car is like a gun. It's not going to rocket out of control as long as you don't pull the trigger. ;)

so what if you aim the gun and then shoot?

ya in the rain seems stupid if its easy as it is to spin them on dry pavement.

Well, then 99% of the time you'll go in the intended direction of travel. :icon17:

I usually kept VDC off 75% of the time in the dry because I found it to be pretty intrusive. In the rain, though, I liked to leave it on as a little bit of an insurance policy.

i usually turn my VDC off after hard day at work. Its sure does relieve stress! Coming off those corner just feels exhilarating.

Start button.....and VDC off!! every time! always in all of my cars! I like the car to do what I WANT it to WHEN I want it to :) but....."A man's GOT to know his limitations!......AND his cars ;)

Pretty much this.

Hmmm, I haven't turned it off yet because I've been afraid of losing control and crashing. I think I will try it out today on my way home from work. Don't wanna do anything too crazy, just wanna get a feel of the car.

I agree with this 100%. I am usually to lazy to take mine off but did today and didn't notice a difference.

:bowrofl: :roflpuke2: :bowrofl: :roflpuke2:

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I suppose if you've never driven a fast RWD car with no electronic support the Z can seem scary (please no WS6 stories). Just remember to be careful if you don't have experience, especially in colder climates with summer tires.

When I turned off VDC, I saw God.

I think people need to capitalize more words in their posts. I like to eat pizza AND drink coke but NOT diet COKE. YEAH, so THERE.


And turning VDC off during DD seems like a good idea until you crash. Then you realize it stands for 'Very Dumb Choice". Like unprotected sex...really fun but then you're sorry you did it.

to be honest i don't give it much thought. it usually stays on out of habit.
iv'e always felt the vdc was to sensitive anyway. it doesn't take much to break
the wheels loose anyway. and for now tires and insurance,tickets,wrecks etc..
can be costly............

Or just drive within your limits.

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Felt it slide a tiny bit and it was fun. Not gonna do this on any regular basis, just when trying to have a little fun and when its safe (i.e. empty road and safe driving conditions). No need to do it on my daily commute, that would be just stupid and useless. I just didn't want my first time driving with VDC off to be at the drag strip this weekend. Don't want any crazy surprises there.

I've got 1st generation Viper, C4 Corvette and Kremer Porsche 911 stories.
Do those count?

Pretty sure the Viper has no VDC of any kind whatsoever. Hence why it's a death trap for moderately affluent sofa racers with some extra cash in their pockets who want a 'fast car'.

I think you missed the joke, just wait for ImportConvert to come around =]

Oh, right. I try to forget about him.

Hey... hey...

CAPITAL LETTERS are AWESOME.

My SENSE is you WILL understand what I'M saying better IF I capitalize a LOT of words.

(why do i keep nodding my head forward and pausing when I read the capitalized words?)

You're putting the emPHAsis on the wrong syLLAble!

I don't understand how people say not to turn VDC off when DD. So when do you recommend VDC off? When your spirted driving or tracking? Get where I'm going?

I understand what your saying. I guess its just safer to have it on rather than off, especially if there's no reason to have it off. When you're spirited driving or tracking, you are expect the car to slide a bit and you are prepared for it. If you are DD and have to swerve to avoid hitting something at high speed, you may not be completely prepared. In this situation, you may lose control if VDC is off, but leaving it on may save you. Of course this is just a hypothetical situation, but something like this is the reason I choose to keep it on most of the time. It's better to have it on and not need it than to have it off when you do. Just my :twocents:

Well, not surprisingly, there are a lot of people driving high-power RWD cars that don't understand one bit about physics and how it relates to a motor vehicle. For those people, it's probably best to keep all of the electro nannies on. :D

Frankly, many people THINK they know how to handle a RWD at the limit when they absolutely do not. My track days have humbled me...I've done 7 and realize I'm very much a novice driver in the track world. Driving with VDC off on the track is certainly more risky but it's a controlled environment where you can learn what it's like at the limit. You can be more conservative on dangerous turns (eg walls near the track edge) and more aggressive on safe turns (nothing but flat open field surrounding the track). If you turn off VDC while street driving and something unexpected happens, you'll be very sorry when you wreck your car, wondering if VDC would have saved you. The street is an unpredictable place and you're never going to be 100% alert all the time. On the track, you're much more focused and there aren't as many variables.

Well, the bottom line is that none of us need to be driving balls out on the street. At a maximum I will push myself to maybe 80% of what I know I can do. Like you said, the street is not a controlled environment and there are many variables you need to factor in besides your own incompetence behind the wheel in "performance" driving situations.

You have to have faith in yourself and your skills. Even if something unexpected happened. You learn and teach youself better skills which in return should play out in unexpected events. Sort of like a fighter who trains and must apply his abilities with every second being unexpected. Being you never know what the other persons doing or thinking. Just like everyday driving around others. Never take driving for granted.

Well you also learn to be smart and just limit the likelihood of ever having to really test your skills should you do something to screw up. :)

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At 80% you will still have a blast.

Hell even putting around at 35-45 mph on a 35 mph road with the windows down is fun. As you young whippersnappers age you'll find that going for a leisurely cruise can be quite fun. :icon17:

you mean I don't need to reenact fast and the furious every time I drive?

Man, that's why I bought the Z in the first place, lol.

No, just the Days of Thunder rental car scene.