Does anybody else hate the anti- slip control on their vehicle. My Tundra has it, and my wife's little car (Mazda Miata) as well.
I first noticed it on her car. It is terrible in the snow. It has rear wheel drive and NO weight over the tires. We have a small incline (30%) on the road leading to our driveway. On a previous snow, I couldn't get her car up the hill onto our property. Her anti-slip device was on and it limited the speed at which I could spin the rear tires
I could put the accelerator all the way to the floor, and it would limit the amount of gas applied to the wheels
I backed down our road twice before pushing the button to disconnect the anti-slip.
I am old school:roll eyes: I was taught to get the car moving, and keep your momentum going at all cost. If your rear wheels started to spin, you let up on the gas, gained traction, and kept going. In fact, if the roads were really slippery; you timed your arrival at an intersection (stop sign or red light) when no other traffic was approaching, and you drove right through. If you stopped, chances were you might not get going again.
Soooo; Saturday saw me at TriState fishing flea market. Captain John had minor surgery done on Friday and couldn't do the show. I filled in for him, knowing they were calling for snow in the afternoon. I left Deale near 3pm. We had nothing happening down south; but I had a couple inches near my home (BWI Airport). As I traveled north, the snow developed and was sticking nicely to the roads
I had the truck (4x4) so I wasn't concerned. When I hit Crownsville on rt 97; the roads were bad. Actually, the roads were ok but the drivers were panicked. I get it. Some are afraid to drive in the snow, but please get the he11 out of the fast lane!!! I could easily do 40-45 mph; but idiots were doing 25-30 and bottling everything up
Cars were spun out on the roadside, and fender benders were everywhere.
I was concerned that some petrified driver was going to spin out into me, so I got off the highway. The truck was doing well in the snow, and I really gave it no concern. I drove normally. As I came to a red-light, I stopped. It was on a slight incline, but not that big of a deal. We had about 6 inches of snow underneath, and I expected to take off on the green with maybe a little slipping.
The truck was in 2 wheel drive, and had the RSCA on. When the light turned green, I gave it gas and the rear wheels slipped. The little icon glowed on the screen. I pressed the gas, and hardly anything happened. Again, the truck computer limited the amount of fuel to the tires (thus limiting slippage); but pissin the he11 out of me. If another vehicle had been bearing down on me; I couldn't get the heck out of the way!!!
Give me the old tires slipping and the truck sliding in one direction, and me turning into the slide. That's the way I learned how to drive
Next time, I will disengage the RSCA or put the truck in 4x4 mode.
And don't even get me started on the new cars that parallel park for you
No wonder people can't drive!!
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