Here is some ABS, TC & ESP testing by Tiff on Fifth Gear...Rots wrote:Last week whilst on a country dirt road, I deliberately tested out the ESP on a very loose bend. At about 60km/h I let the car drift out wide into the real loose stuff and then turned/accelerated suddenly. The back end stepped out only a little before the ESP/traction control engaged, gently applied the brakes and straightened the car with only very minor steering input by myself as a natural reaction. I kept the boot down, but it denied me of that input!
I was surprised at how quick and well it regathered the car, especially on dirt, as I never given thought to testing such things out before. I didn't have the balls to test it again, once was enough given the size of the trees next to the on corners afterwards. At least that corner was clear with wide run-off room.
On my way back however, at the same turn, I switched all driving aids off and discovered just how nice the car was to power slide on gravel before switching them back on to avoid any further encouragement of such silly acts.
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