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Professor Peach · Mar 1st, 2008, 10:35 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by tommo13 (original)

Thanks Professor,
You don't have to be traveling to quickly to be using small amount of slide to direct the car that's the reason I bought a well balanced sports car with direct steering ?
Also by your premise if you need to be traveling too quickly to have the DSC engage then why bother having it at all for public road use ? And as I pointed out in my last post a good driver should not get into a position of an unexpected emergency.
As for the fitting as standard and adding me £350 to the price of the car I'd rather have the choice !
If your happy with DSC and think you need it fitted then your probably better of with it. I'm not saying it's a bad system far from it, just offering a balanced opinion as to wether or not it actually needs it ?

Some fair comments there. However there is no doubt that DSC can do things that not even the best driver can do (ie brake individual wheels to help stabilize the car) and unforseen emergancy situations do happen. No matter how good you think you are, you can't always allow for all the other idiots out there, and occasionally you just need all the help you can get.

Personally I think DSC is a no brainer.

Mar 1st, 2008, 10:35 PM	#37
Professor Peach MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Local Time: 03:39 PM Posts: 174 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by tommo13 (original) Thanks Professor, You don't have to be traveling to quickly to be using small amount of slide to direct the car that's the reason I bought a well balanced sports car with direct steering ? Also by your premise if you need to be traveling too quickly to have the DSC engage then why bother having it at all for public road use ? And as I pointed out in my last post a good driver should not get into a position of an unexpected emergency. As for the fitting as standard and adding me £350 to the price of the car I'd rather have the choice ! If your happy with DSC and think you need it fitted then your probably better of with it. I'm not saying it's a bad system far from it, just offering a balanced opinion as to wether or not it actually needs it ? Some fair comments there. However there is no doubt that DSC can do things that not even the best driver can do (ie brake individual wheels to help stabilize the car) and unforseen emergancy situations do happen. No matter how good you think you are, you can't always allow for all the other idiots out there, and occasionally you just need all the help you can get. Personally I think DSC is a no brainer. I like 'em big...