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ESP ON--> Better Acceleration??

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Old Mar 2, 2004 | 05:59 AM
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ESP ON--> Better Acceleration??

I have heard this from many people, however, it seems that I can never accelerate without spinning the tires. For Those who succeeded, Do you really feel its faster to leave the ESP ON while accelerating from a stop?

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Old Mar 2, 2004 | 08:42 AM
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Old Mar 2, 2004 | 10:34 AM
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esp off ..you just have to find that threshhold of not losing traction or get drag radials.
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Old Mar 2, 2004 | 12:11 PM
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I cant seem to accelerate at all with ESP on, so ESP OFF

But then Im used to RS4 quattro, where its just to smack the throttle and go forward, in any weather.
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Old Mar 3, 2004 | 03:15 AM
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Originally posted by ro0zy
esp off ..you just have to find that threshhold of not losing traction or get drag radials.
How do you guys get to spin your wheels? With my car (Nov 03) with or without ESP I have no wheelspin. My car only has 5000km on the clock and I am at hight alt (+- 1km above sea level). Could it be that?
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Old Mar 3, 2004 | 09:27 AM
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Originally posted by AMG FANATIC
How do you guys get to spin your wheels? With my car (Nov 03) with or without ESP I have no wheelspin. My car only has 5000km on the clock and I am at hight alt (+- 1km above sea level). Could it be that?
lol man take the granny shoes off. if you cant spin a 350hp rwd car...there has got to be something seriously wrong with your car.
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Old Mar 3, 2004 | 09:54 AM
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 12:03 AM
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Originally posted by AMG FANATIC
How do you guys get to spin your wheels? With my car (Nov 03) with or without ESP I have no wheelspin. My car only has 5000km on the clock and I am at hight alt (+- 1km above sea level). Could it be that?
no way...
i have winter tyres on, and esp on...
my tyres easily lost traction and spins whenver i accelerate from stops, and i'm not hard on gas at all
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AMG Fanatic: There must be an "apartheid" between your foot and your rear wheels, which is causing a separation of power and application.
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Re: Yo Fanatic!

Originally posted by Vomit
AMG Fanatic: There must be an "apartheid" between your foot and your rear wheels, which is causing a separation of power and application.
Vomit, you got a point. I will immediately head off to Robben Island to see if I can get rid of that "apartheid"!
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