[s-cars] Installing Torsen diffs and disabling EDL

[Chip Ellis]

 The ESP in my 2005 Golf TDI works amazingly well; especially
compared to the traction control in various ford/gm rentals I've driven.
It does back off throttle with wheel spin; but not to the point of killing
the engine; I'm sure the car accelerates faster on snow/ice with
ESP on than when I turn it off.
Maybe it works better on the TDI?
I've can whip the car sideways pretty hard (5yrs Gruppe-Q/Steamboat)
and the ESP will pull me straight every time. I feel safer at highway
speeds in snow/ice with it on.
Just turn it off for E-brake turns...

Chip
'90 CQ (AAN in process)
A4 1.8T
05 Golf TDI




Message: 3
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:06:34 -0600
From: Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Installing Torsen diffs and disabling EDL on a
      95.5 S6.

 I am uniformly disgusted with the ESP that is on the GTI and A3, which
should be similar, even in FWD form.  The first step taken after
starting the car ON DRY OR WET ROADS is to disable it.  It is so
hyperactive that it even activates backing out of the driveway and,
particularly, when accelerating away from the drive with the wheels
turned.  Utterly ridiculous.  The difference between cornering with and
without it is intrusive annoyance vs. enjoyment.  How they can have it
dialed in so incorrectly on a 'sporty' car is beyond me.  When trying it
out in the wet, I also found it more annoying than helpful.  Can't
imagine how bad it could get in reducing the effectiveness of AWD...
 Steve