LSD w/o PP?
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LSD w/o PP?
Sacrifices will have to be made searching for a cls63 out of stock. In reality, there’s not many cars available in inventory (It would be hard to wait on an order car at this point) . The car will be a daily driver, never modified, and never tracked. (I guess I’m the old boring one in the group!) The car probably will not have the performance package. If the car does not have the performance package is not having LSD a deal killer? How would the car handle differently with vs without LSD? Are there major issues w/o LSD? Thanks for your input, I need all the help I can get as this is a big decision for me.
Last edited by greenwillie; Mar 25, 2012 at 09:14 AM.
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Sacrifices will have to be made searching for a cls63 out of stock. In reality, there’s not many cars available in inventory (It would be hard to wait on an order car at this point) . The car will be a daily driver, never modified, and never track ed. (I guess I’m the old boring one in the group!) The car probably will not have the performance package. If the car does not have the performance package is not having LSD a deal killer? How would the car handle differently with vs without LSD? Are there major issues w/o LSD? Thanks for your input, I need all the help I can get as this is a big decision for me.
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Patience is not one of my strong points! Are you saying LSD is extremely important in the auto? I’m in the Southwest. If it’s that important I can order, I just don’t want to…you know, I want it now!
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Think about having 518 lb/ft of torque to one wheel -- that's the scenario that convinced me to get the LSD. I have no interest in spinning wheels any more than necessary. In my opinion, it's a must for a vehicle with this amount of power. It should be standard.
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tell you after another 500 miles vdub, LOL...........
but yeah, if you're going to spend 100k on the car; it has to be what you want.....
come on man!! for your own sake.........find some patience!!!
but yeah, if you're going to spend 100k on the car; it has to be what you want.....
come on man!! for your own sake.........find some patience!!!
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Besides the LSD for putting the torque to the road, the most noticeable feeling is handling/corning with LSD. It’s worth the wait and money not to mention the bragging rights with a rare optioned car.
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Most often in these LSD discussions comes dialogue about launches and spinning wheels which is appropriate. But LSD serves a huge purpose in turns too where wheel slippage can be prevalent.
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i drive them all, fast and hard
thats probably tru, ive let off on a few freeway on/offramps in fear of losing the rear end, though i do not drive with ESP all the way off, just usually in sport handling mode or normal esp mode ( which between the two, i havent noticed much difference) but then again it might be because my right foot might be coming off the gas pedal
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ESP is programed differently for LSD cars which
gives you an improvement in cornering
BTW----it's suicidal to drive with ESP off (dyno mode)
gives you an improvement in cornering
BTW----it's suicidal to drive with ESP off (dyno mode)
