gannet said:alex85 said:Problem with DSC is that it will always try and correct you, and send you on the your way... in the direction that it thinks you want to go... i.e. in the direction the wheels are pointing...
Therefore, if you lose the back end by accident with the DSC on, and the DSC can't stop it, the natural thing to do is to try and control it, bit of opposite lock etc. I find that DSC corrects you to the extent it will quite happily spit you into a wall in whatever direction the wheels are pointing at the time. I think the important thing to remember with DSC is that you need to keep steering where you want to go. I find that DSC breeds complacency.
I honestly think that provoking it from time to time, when you have the chance, will make you a much better driver. You need to bond with the car, understand its strengths and weaknesses, understand what it does well. So when something unexpected happens, you understand and know how to sort it. DSC just confuses things. DSC is perfect for the naive 'normal' driver. Our wives for example. Those of us that enjoy the drive, will only be inhibited by the DSC.
Honest, get out there and start to get to know your Z!!
Very well put (well apart from the bit about the wives...) I was being more subtle by saying DSC can get things wrong (I have been there in another car) and not to rely on it
Totally agree.
You need to know how a car responds across it's entire envelope to really have a good chance of acting effectively when you end up there in error/emergency.
Dave