ESP not for me....
12-14-2001, 06:04 PM
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ESP not for me....
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/29136/nazera2.jpg"></center><p>I was trying to check out the wet traction on my Dunlops. In doing so, I felt the ESP kick in. Fine, its a safety feature that I would like to have on sometimes, but it was kicking in way too early. I know it has to come in early to be effective so I switched it off. The car felt like it lost 200 lbs out of its ***. ESP must have been kicking in even earlier than I first thought. Now I'm driving briskly, decreaseing radius, off-camber, whatever. This car handles great when tossed around. I ended up right on every slip-line I picked. Nice. Quick too! So I ask, is it better to leave ESP off? I don't want to burn up my brakes. It felt a lot lighter and quicker w/o it. It seems to interfere with "normal" driving.
12-15-2001, 03:14 PM
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Does the system in the A4 have the ability to turn itself back on if needed?
I think I read that the Porsche system does this. Does anybody know if the Audi one does? That would be the best of both worlds, no?
12-15-2001, 04:34 PM
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I've read that it does. I think April mentioned it...
Something about a gforce and some other element ratio threshold being exceeded.
ClarkStarr, you're totally right about the car feeling lighter and quicker with ESP off. We just got about 4 inches of snow here yesterday, and I turned ESP off for a few minutes to see the difference. When I turned ESP back on, it felt like like I had a 1.8 without the turbo.
ClarkStarr, you're totally right about the car feeling lighter and quicker with ESP off. We just got about 4 inches of snow here yesterday, and I turned ESP off for a few minutes to see the difference. When I turned ESP back on, it felt like like I had a 1.8 without the turbo.
12-15-2001, 08:01 PM
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At the Audi quattro Challenge, the instructors just breezed over it, said it's up to you... (Nu pic)
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if you want to use it on the course. I guess they don't want people wrecking their own cars because they were told to turn it off, but they had it turned off on the demo cars when we drove the oval. I definate think it interfears w/ normal driving. If they had a variable system, that would be best. I will have mine off a lot more to save brakes and make the car quicker.
pic is of the asses of an A6 4.2 tip and an S8 tip up front. My girlfriend passed both in a A6 2.7tqm. I took the pic
if you want to use it on the course. I guess they don't want people wrecking their own cars because they were told to turn it off, but they had it turned off on the demo cars when we drove the oval. I definate think it interfears w/ normal driving. If they had a variable system, that would be best. I will have mine off a lot more to save brakes and make the car quicker.
pic is of the asses of an A6 4.2 tip and an S8 tip up front. My girlfriend passed both in a A6 2.7tqm. I took the pic
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12-15-2001, 08:46 PM
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Yeah, they were nice, if you wrecked a car they would probally not scorn you. Embarassing enough.
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We drove 6-7 different Audi cars.
...getting ready to pass the S8 (tip)
We drove 6-7 different Audi cars.
...getting ready to pass the S8 (tip)
12-15-2001, 08:57 PM
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gruppe pic, I am #3
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.5 sec behind the 1st place S4 out of 150 owners. Car was a week old and on 15" all-seasons. BTW it's a 1.8t! qm
.5 sec behind the 1st place S4 out of 150 owners. Car was a week old and on 15" all-seasons. BTW it's a 1.8t! qm