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11-21-2009, 08:10 PM | #23 | |
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Also, be careful, stopping distance on dry roads is pretty bad too. . That's why I don't recommend snow tires in areas where you don't have much snow on the ground during winter. Get a good set of all seasons and simply drive cautiously on days when there is snow until it gets cleared away. Yes, it has everything to do with snow tires on dry roads and "warm" weather. |
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11-21-2009, 08:18 PM | #24 | |
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Turning the traction control off is going to make it worse. Your tires are LOSING traction and don't have enough to maintain grip given the curve and your speed. Don't think that turning the traction control off is going to help give you more traction. You'll still have the same poor level of traction due to your tires and you won't have the aid of the control assistance. You better be vigilant in your driving and be prepared to provide the proper control you just turned off. Traction control is there for when you do NOT have enough traction. It's apparent with your tires and the road conditions, you do not have enough traction. I advise against turning the system off. I do recommend understanding what snow tires are for and when you need them. |
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12-08-2009, 09:39 PM | #25 |
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Hi everybody, I actually enjoyed the dialogue about Traction Control/DTC. It was exactly the thread I was looking for this evening.
I just spent a day driving my 2010 135i with (4, of course) winter tires (Nokian Hakkapelliita R Runflats) and I too was surprised by how much the Traction control warning was coming on. Granted, I was doing some spirited driving. But we have really crappy weather here in my part of NY, and lots of ice and snow, so I'm happy with the trade-off. I did enjoy driving today with the DTC program ON. I found no great loss of control (It was a sunny dry 35 degree day) and the traction control light did not come on at all. So I think I might do the DTC program in the dry weather winter days. Now I want to drive it with the wider Goodyear NCT5 RunOnFlat tires in the summer and see if I can get the traction light to warn! I just think all that light flashing means that I am wearing out the rear brake pads..... If the car had a limited slip differential, how would that change the handling of power to the rear wheels? Could you lock the rear driving wheels under hard acceleration? Wouldn't that be better than braking the wheel that is losing traction with an open differential? (That's what the 135i has, right?) |
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12-08-2009, 11:11 PM | #26 |
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My brand new bridestone blizzaks did this for the first 300-500 miles. now it doesnt' happen any more
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