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View Poll Results: Do you leave DSC engaged?
DSC 'ON' all the time.
43
65.15%
DSC 'ON'/'OFF' part of the time.
19
28.79%
DSC 'OFF' all the time.
4
6.06%
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DSC ON or OFF?

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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 06:34 AM
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DSC ON or OFF?

Curious as to how many ppl utilize DSC and thos who don't. If you don't, would you be kind of enough to post why.

Besides, I've never posted a poll before and it's not really that exciting either.....:o
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 08:06 AM
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Personally I leave it on during my day to day driving, sicne you never know when it might be needed. I only turn it off when I am specifically in the mood to have some fun with the car.
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 08:25 AM
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I agree with Genom!
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 10:32 AM
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off except when its raining. if its snowing its in the garage.
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 11:45 AM
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Like the majority of the people on unless i want to have some fun. took it off over the weekend came around the on ramp in second (forgot to take in account the roads where cold) nice like heart pumping out of that experiance.
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 02:09 PM
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Re: DSC ON or OFF?

Originally posted by oosik
Curious as to how many ppl utilize DSC and thos who don't. If you don't, would you be kind of enough to post why.

Besides, I've never posted a poll before and it's not really that exciting either.....:o

Just my opinion, but having the DSC off all the time is ludacris. Why? Nobody is racing their car all the time on street applications. It is there for safety.

I think DSC/VDC or wahtever it is called other vehicles, is one of the best inventions to be placed in cars since air bags.


I also believe that in years to come, when and if, all cars have this feature, accidents will decrease because of it.

Last edited by rotarymagic; Jan 12, 2004 at 03:56 PM.
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 03:40 PM
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I'm another member of the "only turn it off when explicitly wanting to have some fun" camp.
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 04:06 PM
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I bought the GT package for its safety features. Curtain airbags and DSC were the #1 selling points to me.

To those who only turn it on on unsafe conditions (rain, snow):
The trick about unsafe conditions is that they may come unexpected. I've had to slam the brakes and make an emergency steering-wheel-turn to the left twice so far, each time the DSC sweetly pulled me straight. Nice!

In 4 months I've driven maybe 30 minutes w/ DSC off, just to see the difference. My conclusion: For driving on public roads, it's a great feature. Always on.
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 04:35 PM
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Originally posted by ptiemann
I bought the GT package for its safety features. Curtain airbags and DSC were the #1 selling points to me.

To those who only turn it on on unsafe conditions (rain, snow):
The trick about unsafe conditions is that they may come unexpected. I've had to slam the brakes and make an emergency steering-wheel-turn to the left twice so far, each time the DSC sweetly pulled me straight. Nice!

In 4 months I've driven maybe 30 minutes w/ DSC off, just to see the difference. My conclusion: For driving on public roads, it's a great feature. Always on.

YES YES nicely put!!:D
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