Disable ESP

[LookOut]

If you paid for it, why wouldnt you use it? Feel pretty stoopid if you crashed yourself with it off......

[Flaps]

I left it on at Eastern Creek and I could feel it cutting in everytime through turn 1. I know it slows you down but it's there to help, I prefer to be safe then sorry.

Wakefield would be a different story. Speaking of roll on winter!!

[Wand Weaver]

Lol - So every car out there without ESP is suddenly a deathtrap?

That's not what he said.

Basically, he's saying - if you've got it, you may as well use it (unless you're on a racetrack). I tend to agree - for everyday driving, there's no reason to have the ESP off.

After all, you don't rip out your airbags or pull the ABS fuse from the fuse box for a laugh, do you?

[SoVeReIgN]

That's not what he said.

Basically, he's saying - if you've got it, you may as well use it (unless you're on a racetrack). I tend to agree - for everyday driving, there's no reason to have the ESP off.

After all, you don't rip out your airbags or pull the ABS fuse from the fuse box for a laugh, do you?

His drama required and equally dramatic response

It's a little intrusive for spirited driving, although i'd always leave it on in the wet.

[FL00DY]

Lol - So every car out there without ESP is suddenly a deathtrap?

If the driver likes twisty corners and his car doesn't have it then possibly I know I wont buy another car without some form of ESP, it should be standard on all cars regardless of trim level.

[BlackVr6ix]

I know in dads old A4 when you turned the ESP off it wasnt off totally, you could feel it cutting in a little later but it was still definately there.

[Funkdancer]

Lol - So every car out there without ESP is suddenly a deathtrap?

Statistically, yes.

There's a reason why the US are mandating it on all new cars from next year on. Our own government of course lacks the balls and the direction to do anything similar.

[FL00DY]

I left it on at Eastern Creek and I could feel it cutting in everytime through turn 1. I know it slows you down but it's there to help, I prefer to be safe then sorry.

Wakefield would be a different story. Speaking of roll on winter!!

Lol don't you dare leave ESP on with the new GTI Your times will be awesome with it off.

[Funkdancer]

Sorry my info was wrong, they're saying 2012 for mandatory date in the US. Not sure why Wheels wrote 2008 a couple of issues ago.

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...ity_contr.html
http://autos.msn.com/advice/article....tentid=4024270

Also the EU says 2012 too:
http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dl...8/ANE/70525003

The laws of physics still cannot be ignored, especially in a powerful car. I reckon it's more to be thought of as a safety system if something goes wrong. E.g. a you cannot plant your foot when entering a roundabout with a chipped Polo and not expect understeer to some degree as you turn in.

[PoloGTi]

Food for throught in a hill climb in Hobart a few months back i was running all day with ESP off.

Then for the last run was feeling stuffed, so i did the last run with it on and did my best time.
The road is very bumpy and the wheels bounce over every bump and just spin the ESP stoped this and put more power to the ground the course was only 800 meters.
May have been more relaxed or it could have been ESP hard to say.

Times:
15 Rob Millar VW 3240T 45.53, 45.51, 45.1, 45.22, 44.83, 45.26, 44.51(ESP OFF)