two corvettes beside each other = epic fail

LOLz
FAIL!!!

Didn't they know American cars can't corner? :rolleyes:
 
Argh!! Why did the guy stop taping? I believe the best part was still to come. :violent1:
 
They did not even make it to the corner yet. Looks like DB #2 in the right lane decided he was man enough to drive without the traction control and over corrected when the arse end got loose.

Hilarity ensues.
 
facepalm....oh dear...
 
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They did not even make it to the corner yet. Looks like DB #2 in the right lane decided he was man enough to drive without the traction control and over corrected when the arse end got loose.

Hilarity ensues.

What's the point in disabling traction control or electronic stability control for street driving anyways? Mine tends to stay enabled. About the only time I hit the disable switch is for when it's track time, when I don't want the safety net.
 
What's the point in disabling traction control or electronic stability control for street driving anyways? Mine tends to stay enabled. About the only time I hit the disable switch is for when it's track time, when I don't want the safety net.

For street driving in those cars there is no advantage. Actually it's a disadvantage, if you have a Vette you know how easy it is to get the arse end of that style Vette to break free with the TC off.

I think the driver felt like the computer might be a little over cautious and limiting his potential. He was wrong. Looks to me like he either power shifted and got loose or held a gear and actually got into the powerband and broke it free. His over correction screams of inexperience and it's usually the cocky inexperienced ones who think they know better then the computers. Im not saying I would fair any better in that same situation, but i'd like to think I would.
 
For street driving in those cars there is no advantage. Actually it's a disadvantage, if you have a Vette you know how easy it is to get the arse end of that style Vette to break free with the TC off.

I think the driver felt like the computer might be a little over cautious and limiting his potential. He was wrong. Looks to me like he either power shifted and got loose or held a gear and actually got into the powerband and broke it free. His over correction screams of inexperience and it's usually the cocky inexperienced ones who think they know better then the computers. Im not saying I would fair any better in that same situation, but i'd like to think I would.

Don't have a Vette, but the V8 in my CLK easily breaks the back end loose in straight-line acceleration on dry pavement, never mind on corners. I've tried it without on the track, but even there it seems like there's little point. The car's ESP and traction control contains the car's power quite well, better and more consistently than I could do, especially in the wet or on uneven surfaces. The V8 in my previous SL, well, massive vehicle weight looked after traction "control" on that one. ;-)
 
What's the point in disabling traction control or electronic stability control for street driving anyways?

My MINI is horrible in the snow trying to take off with the traction control on. As soon as it feels the slightest slip it kills the power, then you gotta try all over again. After the first winter of having I heard about disabling it and from then on I've never had an issue.
 
Don't have a Vette, but the V8 in my CLK easily breaks the back end loose in straight-line acceleration on dry pavement, never mind on corners. I've tried it without on the track, but even there it seems like there's little point. The car's ESP and traction control contains the car's power quite well, better and more consistently than I could do, especially in the wet or on uneven surfaces. The V8 in my previous SL, well, massive vehicle weight looked after traction "control" on that one. ;-)

I've never owned a Corvette, but working at a GM dealer in the early 2000's I have PDI'ed a couple of them. Part of that PDI is a short road test. It's the part of the PDI that gets skipped when your talking Cavaliers and Aveo's but there's a lineup to take out the Vette's. It might have been partially due to brand new rubber, but when you turned the TC off you could barely breath on the gas and the tires would spin. 3rd gear, rolling around 35ish on a side road i hammered the gas and thought the clutch was slipping. Barely even a bump forward the engine just sounded like it was freewheeling... untill i looked into the mirrors and saw the cloud. Oops. Tried driving for a few more k's and found myself having to be very gentle with the throttle in order to get down the road without spinning a tire.

My MINI is horrible in the snow trying to take off with the traction control on. As soon as it feels the slightest slip it kills the power, then you gotta try all over again. After the first winter of having I heard about disabling it and from then on I've never had an issue.

My sprinters are the same way. It's a great system for all seasons and situations.. except for starting off in fresh snow. It's way to agressive, you cannot keep any momentum. You can't even rock it out thanks to the TC system. If I were to drive out in the middle of a hockey rink and stop, i'd never get back out. The computer would see wheel speed at the rear and none in the front and then proceed to apply brakes to the rears. The sprinters have a switch on the dash to disable it. and it's great in the snow with the TC/ESP off. I don't need more ballast weight, my vans are always 4400-5000kg's with most of it on the rear axle.

Hell you can't even do doughnuts with the TC off. Thanks to the YAW and ROLL sensors, you can just get started, a bit of a slide maybe 20 deg or so and then the system over rides your manual switch, kicks back on, applies a little brakes on this wheel, a little on that one and in a moments notice your straight as an arrow again. Pretty good considering the weights involved.
 
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LOL the idiot on the right lost it. Waste of a nice car.
 
What's the point in disabling traction control or electronic stability control for street driving anyways? Mine tends to stay enabled. About the only time I hit the disable switch is for when it's track time, when I don't want the safety net.

Once upon a time the TC/ESC in most street cars was extremely conservative (although Corvettes were/are known for having a very well tuned ESC). Leaving it on would not only make a vehicle slower, but make it feel somewhat tame. Nowadays the disable switch is there to ensure continued sales of their vehicles to the morons who think they can drive, but can't.
 
I love these kinda videos, I feel guilty... Is that wrong?


Thanks to the OP for the link.
 
I love these kinda videos, I feel guilty... Is that wrong?

The guy on the right in the C5 is a spode. The guy on the left in the C6 that got punted into the trees is a known parts scammer on the LT1 boards. What's there to feel guilty about?
 
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The guy on the right in the C5 is a spode.

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So the guy driving the C5 was a potter?
 
Don't have a Vette, but the V8 in my CLK easily breaks the back end loose in straight-line acceleration on dry pavement, never mind on corners. I've tried it without on the track, but even there it seems like there's little point. The car's ESP and traction control contains the car's power quite well, better and more consistently than I could do, especially in the wet or on uneven surfaces. The V8 in my previous SL, well, massive vehicle weight looked after traction "control" on that one. ;-)

turbodish, I have a CLK and a vette, and the traction control works very different in those cars. On the CLK it cuts the power...kinda like stalling, while in the vette the gas pedal kicks back with such force you feel it could break your foot.

A good driver can regain control once he/she feels the rear end starting to spin and continue the race, while with TC waste much more time before you can get back on the throtle.
 
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