Traction in turns

[telsa_baddz]

Does the Model S loose traction due to lack of limited-slip in a high speed turn under moderate throttle?

Can you do a power slide or standing 180 on a model S?

 

[montgom626]

Does the Model S loose traction due to lack of limited-slip in a high speed turn under moderate throttle?

Can you do a power slide or standing 180 on a model S?

Turn off the TC and I think you can.

 

[Jason S]

The hard part is turning off the TC. Literally need to pull a fuse.

With TC I'm perfectly happy to floor it into a corner and get only a little oversteer. It slick conditions can get some wobble but the TC corrects pretty quickly in my experience.

 

[brianman]

The hard part is turning off the TC. Literally need to pull a fuse.

With TC I'm perfectly happy to floor it into a corner and get only a little oversteer. It slick conditions can get some wobble but the TC corrects pretty quickly in my experience.

I thought ABS was what required the fuse pull. The 17" TC off setting doesn't turn off TC for you?

 

[Jason S]

Err, if there is a setting then I guess it works.

Still on really old firmware and I don't even look for TC off settings anyhow.

 

[Lloyd]

I can turn of traction control, but i would like to be able to turn off 'Stability Control' as well. Agressive driving does not like it on!!

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Its a heavy car and I can see where it would carry farther than most are used to, but we should still have the ability to drive without it.

 

[FlasherZ]

That's one of the biggest complaints I had this week - we had our first good snow and I rather like to slide sideways onto my driveway from my road. I have all this HP and torque, but the smarty-pants car won't let me play! I can turn off traction control to give the car some spin in the wheels, but stability control won't let me slide sideways too easily.

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

That's one of the biggest complaints I had this week - we had our first good snow and I rather like to slide sideways onto my driveway from my road. I have all this HP and torque, but the smarty-pants car won't let me play! I can turn off traction control to give the car some spin in the wheels, but stability control won't let me slide sideways too easily.

They should have a special menu for that! I wanted to play on the snow sometime.

 

[Brian H]

I can turn of traction control, but i would like to be able to turn off 'Stability Control' as well. Agressive driving does not like it on!!

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Its a heavy car and I can see where it would carry farther than most are used to, but we should still have the ability to drive without it.

I wonder what if any insurance implications there are for all this switching off and fuse-pulling.

 

[Robert.Boston]

They should have a special menu for that! I wanted to play on the snow sometime.

Agreed -- shield this menu with a big fat disclaimer that requires a "click-through" so that, if you destroy your car, it's on you. But it is your car, and it's reasonable that you should be allowed to play with it (without endangering the lives of others).

 

[EarlyAdopter]

Many cars have an extended sequence of button presses to disable DSC - holding down the traction control button for 10 seconds, for example. Maybe we just haven't discovered it on the Model S yet. I would expect it to have been documented in the owners manual, but it's a pretty short document that is no doubt short on some details.

 

[dsm363]

There is a button to turn off traction control on the Model S.

 

[EarlyAdopter]

There is a button to turn off traction control on the Model S.

And does holding it down for 10 seconds also turn off Stability Control (DSC)? That's the question at hand.