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Old Mar 1st, 2008, 02:00 PM   #31
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Quote: Originally Posted by tommo13 (original)
I don't think it needs it really. My other half has it on her Cooper S and I don't on mine and to be honest I prefer driving mine, I find the bloody things always interfering when your pressing on so you end up turning it off.

With respect, if you're driving a car so fast on public roads that the DSC is kicking in regularly (or even occasionally), then surely you're driving too fast? For DSC to be engaging it must sense that you're on the edge of a slide and is helping you keep straight, and if that's the case you've absolutely nothing left in reserve for a bit of gravel on the road or a bit of spilt diesel or whatever.

If you're talking about track driving that's different of course, and the whole point of track driving is to be able to push the limits in safety. But on the road with oncoming traffic, I can't see you should ever be so far on the edge that the DSC is having to engage unless it's an unexpected emergancy such as has been described by a couple of people above.

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