Has anybody ever gone to a safe place (large open parking lot) and tried to get DSC to completely save the car from losing control? How well does it work.

What if you were going around a turn and pushing so hard that the car started to try and spin. Would DSC prevent that or save it once it started? I have been wanting to try it and make DSC truely engage but have not found an adequate space. Sure it enganges when accellerating too hard but I have never seen it engage from the car sliding or starting to spin.

 

there is NO DIFFERENCE in engine power DSC on or off. I doubt anyone can show any real data to show any different.

Matt

 

You are wrong Edge my friend. I have silenced that damn Electro Nanny forever. Ian Cull sent me a swell little circuit to keep her from trying to drive for me.

EDIT....I shut off a piece of junk that was free with my car. You get to shut your $500 piece of junk off.

 

 

Best place to try out DSC is in a big open lot with wet/slick conditions. Start by using the paint lines as a slalom course and keep increasing speed until you feel the car start to over-steer. Then just keep turning like you wanted to spin out. The DSC will kick in and stabilize the car so you maintain control. Now try it w/o DSC on

 

Junk.......


And yes you did get it, you just choose to turn off the traction control which we all hate.

 

you can really notice how DSC works at the auto-x track. i ran signifigantly faster times with it on than with it off. i attribute this to a happy lead foot and it seems to control your turning a lot better, expecially when exiting turns .

but that is me and i love wheel spin and tail slides

 

OK I admit it, my car is cursed with that wretched thing, but I've killed it. YES!!!

 

Yep

 

Once you are above 30 mph, you should put it on. You wont do anything except something really dumb to trigger it. from a start sure, getting on a NY entrance ramp, yes take it off. But, after that turn it on, you can slam a MCS around and it wont light up unless you are about to die.

 

dsc/astc combo only effects you in a bad way when you are going from very slow or stopped to full speed ahead on a sharp turn. driving is fine and dandy to do that and it will save you.

 

Double

 

I like to leave it off until about 60.

The damn thing stops my 45mph rolling burnouts.

 

Remember, once you have exceeded the law of physics, the Mini DSC system or any other like system will NOT save your butt!

 

I have the exact same circuit... and when I first got it, I too drove around with DSC switched off most of the time (using the "track mode" option of the IAC)... for a while. Then I felt the effects of DSC (the GOOD parts) kicking in, and I realized how amazing the system is... and now I leave it on 99% of the time, and just turn it off before I perform hard accelleration.

But you're wrong... I didn't pay $500 for a piece of junk. I paid $500 for very good technology... it's the stuff you ALWAYS get with the car, that you have too, that is a piece of junk.

Believe me, if it was possible to disable ASC+T but leave all of the other DSC functions enabled, I would choose that in a heartbeat.Yes, I have seen (felt) it in action, it's incredible... like a "hand of God" feeling. The first time I truly appreciated it, I was taking a hard right turn on a wet road... a bit faster than I should have. The car started to slide out (with a lane-dividing curb only a few feet away!), and DSC kicked in, wrenched me back in the correct direction. That made me a believer. I still hate the ASC+T functions though.True, but DSC can save your butt in situations that no driver would be able to recover from, simply because it can do things that the driver controls don't let you do... most especially braking individual wheels. Of course, really good drivers would never get into situations that required DSC in the first place, but that's a separate matter.

 

Tried to get up my driveway this past weekend with snow for the first time. Got up about 10 ft and my S stalled out; would not go another foot. Tried a few times with the same effect. I figured out that it might be the DSC so turned it off and was able to get up with some wheel spin. I would never have gotten up with it on.

 

Yes, there are obviously some situations where you want it turned off... which is why they give you a switch.

In actual fact, the problem wasn't the DSC-specific functions, but again it was the underlying ASC+T functions that were preventing you from making it up the driveway. Even if you had not opted for DSC, you would have experienced the exact same problem.

 

DSC is some topic - I'm glad I added the package after I ordered. I would hate to see all this back and forth, and not have the technology and be in the KNOW LOL (:

 

DCS is remarkable for correcting oversteer after fast turns, but not as fun as steering imput and throttle control to recover.

 

I will be certainly be turning it off for a bit of fun in whats left of Portland's Freaksnow. Anyone else have any fun with their winter weather recently?

 

One question for ya, so you see the DSC light blinking all the time while accelerating before you turned it off?

 

No, it flashes when it kicks in...as soon as it corrects, it stops flashing.