D Stock HOW important is LSD in GS for R56 Mini?
#26
get the LSD and DSC...
LSD lets you put power down.
DSC saves your *** when you hit black ice in the middle of the turn coming home after an all-day mind-numbing meetings when everyone is standing on their brakes mid-corner...
BTW, I almost never turn mine off... just when I want to behave badly in the snow-covered school parking lot across the street
LSD lets you put power down.
DSC saves your *** when you hit black ice in the middle of the turn coming home after an all-day mind-numbing meetings when everyone is standing on their brakes mid-corner...
BTW, I almost never turn mine off... just when I want to behave badly in the snow-covered school parking lot across the street
#27
#28
Then again, if all LSD means to you is laying down 2 black streaks.....
#31
1. i don't drive on snow very often
2. I do have a Quaife (LSD)
3. the ASC system can cut power in odd situations, where it creates an unsafe condition, like...
a. rolling out of a gas station over a steep curb that unweights one front corner briefly, or
b. aiming for a brisk start to merge smoothly into traffic, and overestimating the available traction (or getting sloppy with the clutch)
having power cut when i am regarding an oncoming bumper is a very uncomfortable feeling
so even in normal use, i prefer to accept responsibility for wht the front wheels are doing, rather than get in a sometimes dangerous argument with a digital delegate...
but is it a good thing? you bet, and if I had DSC i'd use it several times a year and be glad to have it!
#33
Heh! I know, I know... but hey, a few hundred extra horsepower never hurt anyone, right? j/k
Yes, I need to resist my usual methodology of throwing parts at my car to make it faster and just dedicate time (?) to improving my skills/habits. (and yet, here I am again- bowing out of the Evo School... ugh).
Well, I just called and left a message, to add the LSD. (Salesman doesn't work Wednesdays, apparently). I'll ring him up first thing tomorrow to be sure it's been added.
thank you everyone!
Russ R
PS- hi Steph!
Yes, I need to resist my usual methodology of throwing parts at my car to make it faster and just dedicate time (?) to improving my skills/habits. (and yet, here I am again- bowing out of the Evo School... ugh).
Well, I just called and left a message, to add the LSD. (Salesman doesn't work Wednesdays, apparently). I'll ring him up first thing tomorrow to be sure it's been added.
thank you everyone!
Russ R
PS- hi Steph!
#34
I have a 2005 S with DSC + LSD and had a 2003 S with DSC before that.
Most of the time, street use, DSC is on by default, but I rarely hit it. I occasionally get a light that I think is more likely ASC action.
I think the black ice scenario is real, if you have it, it can save you from something unexpected like that. Good reflexes can as well, but probably not as reliably. I just don't run into that in my experience.
When autocrossing, you want this stuff off. On the street? Rarely interferes with my driving (not much opportunity to get that aggressive without being stupid).
I don't see ice in my car, so I won't order DSC on my next car, at least not stand alone. LSD is a must (and what will likely kill the appeal of the new BMW Series 1 cars when I think about it some more).
-->Aaron
p.s. Big thanks to Keith for letting me drive the straight pipe R56 this weekend. It was a blast! Sounds nice too, not too loud.
Most of the time, street use, DSC is on by default, but I rarely hit it. I occasionally get a light that I think is more likely ASC action.
I think the black ice scenario is real, if you have it, it can save you from something unexpected like that. Good reflexes can as well, but probably not as reliably. I just don't run into that in my experience.
When autocrossing, you want this stuff off. On the street? Rarely interferes with my driving (not much opportunity to get that aggressive without being stupid).
I don't see ice in my car, so I won't order DSC on my next car, at least not stand alone. LSD is a must (and what will likely kill the appeal of the new BMW Series 1 cars when I think about it some more).
-->Aaron
p.s. Big thanks to Keith for letting me drive the straight pipe R56 this weekend. It was a blast! Sounds nice too, not too loud.
#35
Heh! I know, I know... but hey, a few hundred extra horsepower never hurt anyone, right? j/k
Yes, I need to resist my usual methodology of throwing parts at my car to make it faster and just dedicate time (?) to improving my skills/habits. (and yet, here I am again- bowing out of the Evo School... ugh).
Well, I just called and left a message, to add the LSD. (Salesman doesn't work Wednesdays, apparently). I'll ring him up first thing tomorrow to be sure it's been added.
thank you everyone!
Russ R
PS- hi Steph!
Yes, I need to resist my usual methodology of throwing parts at my car to make it faster and just dedicate time (?) to improving my skills/habits. (and yet, here I am again- bowing out of the Evo School... ugh).
Well, I just called and left a message, to add the LSD. (Salesman doesn't work Wednesdays, apparently). I'll ring him up first thing tomorrow to be sure it's been added.
thank you everyone!
Russ R
PS- hi Steph!
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