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Doughtnuts with GL in snow are lame.

Old 02-14-2012, 04:15 AM
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Doughtnuts with GL in snow are lame.

Hey guys, is there anyway to completely turn off traction and stability control in a '07 GL? When playing in the snow and trying to do doughnuts with the traction control "off" I can still feel the Benz trying to intervene by reducing my throttle input or applying the brakes to prevent skidding. This makes for some pretty lame doughnuts. I don't want to be upstaged by my brother in his Escalade again.
In some cars holding the traction control button for 10 seconds turns off all of these features. Does the GL have anything similar?
-George

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Old 02-14-2012, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by gbigpapa
Hey guys, is there anyway to completely turn off traction and stability control in a '07 GL? When playing in the snow and trying to do doughnuts with the traction control "off" I can still feel the Benz trying to intervene by reducing my throttle input or applying the brakes to prevent skidding. This makes for some pretty lame doughnuts. I don't want to be upstaged by my brother in his Escalade again.
In some cars holding the traction control button for 10 seconds turns off all of these features. Does the GL have anything similar?
-George
Im pretty sure it doesnt, safety is paramount to Mercedes-Benz, especially in the big family SUV.
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lol donuts. Not enough snow here recently for me to do any donuts.
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lol donuts. Not enough snow here recently for me to do any donuts.
I hope we don't have any snow!!
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Dyno mode. But it will shut off also abs so be careful.

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