DSC saves lives! (and RX-8's)
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Arattle,
if you were on the ramp from 495 to 95N and I honked a couple of short bursts then that was me. Hope I didn't startle you. Didn't realize the 8 was dealer car until I went by.
Despite all the 8s in the Baltimore DC area, I rarely find one on the road with me. I always acknowledge fellow 8s.
Did you get your 8 yet?
Now that you have driven one you will be hooked. It's too late ... Give in and buy it. You won't be disappointed.
Pm me if I can answer any ?s you might have.
if you were on the ramp from 495 to 95N and I honked a couple of short bursts then that was me. Hope I didn't startle you. Didn't realize the 8 was dealer car until I went by.
Despite all the 8s in the Baltimore DC area, I rarely find one on the road with me. I always acknowledge fellow 8s.
Did you get your 8 yet?
Now that you have driven one you will be hooked. It's too late ... Give in and buy it. You won't be disappointed.
Pm me if I can answer any ?s you might have.
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Doesn't matter what you did right or wrong. In the big picture you are O.K. You learned something and you are here to talk about it - and remember it next time........
When you are driving your new 8.
Glad you are OK.
When you are driving your new 8.
Glad you are OK.
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Originally posted by RenoIV
Arattle,
if you were on the ramp from 495 to 95N and I honked a couple of short bursts then that was me. Hope I didn't startle you. Didn't realize the 8 was dealer car until I went by.
Despite all the 8s in the Baltimore DC area, I rarely find one on the road with me. I always acknowledge fellow 8s.
Did you get your 8 yet?
Now that you have driven one you will be hooked. It's too late ... Give in and buy it. You won't be disappointed.
Pm me if I can answer any ?s you might have.
Arattle,
if you were on the ramp from 495 to 95N and I honked a couple of short bursts then that was me. Hope I didn't startle you. Didn't realize the 8 was dealer car until I went by.
Despite all the 8s in the Baltimore DC area, I rarely find one on the road with me. I always acknowledge fellow 8s.
Did you get your 8 yet?
Now that you have driven one you will be hooked. It's too late ... Give in and buy it. You won't be disappointed.
Pm me if I can answer any ?s you might have.
-arattle
#29
Originally posted by Gord96BRG
From the Owners Manual, page 5-21:
You were simply driving waaay too fast for that corner. DSC would have made no difference - you were either going over the edge or into the wall. DSC can not magically create traction.
Regards,
Gordon
From the Owners Manual, page 5-21:
You were simply driving waaay too fast for that corner. DSC would have made no difference - you were either going over the edge or into the wall. DSC can not magically create traction.
Regards,
Gordon
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I read another string on this site where someone was able to go from between 15-16 mpg to 24 mpg by turning off the DSC. That's a huge savings on gas, over $600 per year for me, if true. I'm gonna try turning it off for daily driving to and from work. If I'm driving on a windy road I'll turn it on then.
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Originally posted by rackontop I read another string on this site where someone was able to go from between 15-16 mpg to 24 mpg by turning off the DSC. That's a huge savings on gas, over $600 per year for me, if true. .....
I've driven for many tankfulls with TCS/DSC both on and both off. I calculate my mpg every single fill-up. The difference in mpg is not noticeable for me.
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Here's a link to that string, it's an interesting read:
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...e&pagenumber=1
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...e&pagenumber=1
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Originally posted by Aratinga
However, now that you have admitted that you were speeding and had deliberately and completely disabled the traction control and stability control features of your automobile, we are reconsidering our coverage of this accident.
However, now that you have admitted that you were speeding and had deliberately and completely disabled the traction control and stability control features of your automobile, we are reconsidering our coverage of this accident.
#35
Gang: take your foot off ZGlide's throat - it sounds to me like he realizes he made a mistake, which is what generally leads to a learning eperience and the likelihood that it won't be repeated. Any of you ever made a mistake behind the wheel that could've gotten you or someone else killed? Uh-huh, thought so. Me too. Some drivers clearly shouldn't be on the road, but Z doesn't strike me as one.
Glad you're okay - and that the 8 protected you in what sounds like a horrific crash.
Glad you're okay - and that the 8 protected you in what sounds like a horrific crash.
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Originally posted by boothguy
Gang: take your foot off ZGlide's throat - it sounds to me like he realizes he made a mistake, which is what generally leads to a learning eperience and the likelihood that it won't be repeated.
Gang: take your foot off ZGlide's throat - it sounds to me like he realizes he made a mistake, which is what generally leads to a learning eperience and the likelihood that it won't be repeated.
DSC was NOT a factor in his crash - excessive speed was the only problem. He doesn't seem to recognize that fact yet.
Regards,
Gordon
#38
Originally posted by Gord96BRG
DSC was NOT a factor in his crash - excessive speed was the only problem.
DSC was NOT a factor in his crash - excessive speed was the only problem.
If I'm picturing this correctly, he crashed on the *inside* of the corner. He actually made the corner. Well, almost, lol...
That is, he approached the corner very fast, went over the dip in the road causing a momentary loss of steering traction... in the following panic at realizing the car was NOT turning as expected and was heading for the cliff, he had the wheel turned too much when the front finally came down and got traction again, and thus he went into a slide (or even spin) and crashed into the mountain-side pole.
It sounds like he was going slow enough to make the corner, but what actually crashed him was losing control (sideways slide).
In that case, DSC *might* have prevented the loss of control, as it would have tried to keep him straight - despite his best efforts
It also might have understeered him right off the cliff edge.
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Originally posted by HeelnToe
It sounds like he was going slow enough to make the corner, but what actually crashed him was losing control (sideways slide).
In that case, DSC *might* have prevented the loss of control, as it would have tried to keep him straight - despite his best efforts
It also might have understeered him right off the cliff edge.
It sounds like he was going slow enough to make the corner, but what actually crashed him was losing control (sideways slide).
In that case, DSC *might* have prevented the loss of control, as it would have tried to keep him straight - despite his best efforts
It also might have understeered him right off the cliff edge.
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