[s-cars] Are you guys watching this Toyota fiasco ?

[Taka Mizutani]

Excuse me, but what does that prove? If you're trying to learn how to drive,
stability control should be turned off.

I can't turn my Volvo in snow at more than maybe 10 mph if DSTC is fully on.

Taka


On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Peter Schulz <pcschulz at comcast.net> wrote:

> Dave:
>
> I subscribe to that line of thinking, want to maintain my IQ, so that's why
> I drive old school cars.
> LOL
>
> Electronic aids aside, the dumbing down took a great leap forward with the
> installation of cupholders and overboosted stereos (who needs to hear what's
> going on outside the car anyway?)
>
> I witnessed the negative impact of electronic driver aids first hand at the
> NAAC winter driving school this past weekend - a driver in a C6 vette shod
> with snows couldn't make it up an icy hill on our avoidance course -
> stability control was applying the front brakes!!!! while the driver was
> trying to get the car uphill...my 17 year old nephew took my B3 90Q20v up
> the same hill in a nice controlled drift in comparison.
>
> -Peter
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2010, at 1:35 PM, djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Is it just me, seems as more technology is put in cars the drivers become
> > dumber.
> >
> > It's not just you.
> >
>
>
>
> -Peter Schulz
> Chelmsford Ma, USA
> http://www.naaclub.org/
>
> 1995.5 S6 Avant Emerald/Ecru
> 1995.5 S6 Avant Silver/Platinum
> 1991 90Q 20v Q Red
> 1991 90Q 20v Indigo
> 1991 CQ silver  (eS2 recipient)
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> S-CAR-List mailing list
> http://audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list
> http://www.audifans.com/kb/List_information
>