That's funny. You got your car the same day that I got mine.5-door here - got it 8/21 - loaded w/everything - HID, moonroof, Audiophile, cold weather pack.
what's the BS on traction control?I also got HID and audiophile and winter pkg., but after hearing the bs on traction control wished I didnt get winter pkg.
Traction Control = When a wheel is slipping say on snow or wet roads the computer senses the slippage and sends power to the opposite wheel with traction by applying the brake. Downside is that it hampers performance in like autoX racing.what's the BS on traction control?I also got HID and audiophile and winter pkg., but after hearing the bs on traction control wished I didnt get winter pkg.
I am with you! I know that some on these boards feel that the 5-door is "stodgy" or something - frankly, there is not a whole lot of difference between the looks of the 3- and 5-door cars. With some cars (3-series BMW, for example), there is really a dramatic difference between the 2-door and 4-door, although both are great-looking cars. Not so with the Focus.I wanted a 3 door but those were ever harder to find in Sonic than the 5 door. Now that I have the 5 door I am really enjoying it and glad I got it over the 3 door.
I was just curious, that's all.Traction control on these cars operates at all speeds, which is nice. Problem with T/C on these cars is that hitting the defeat switch only kills the T/C from 20mph on up - from 0-20, T/C is still active. If you get wheelspin on a hard launch or let's say powering out of a tight curve so that the unloaded inside wheel spins, the T/C comes on, even though in those instances you may not wish it to. The defeat switch should really defeat it completely.
As for how the T/C operates on these cars, I don't know if it selectively applies brakes only, or if it also retards timing, killing engine power, also, or even acts as a fuel cutoff in extreme (like winter driving) cases.
Advance-Trac is a different animal - that is (in addition to being T/C) also a stability-enhancement, anti-skid, anti-sideways thing. It will selectively brake different wheels to in effect steer you out of a sideways skid. The traction-control on the SVT is just that - it prevents the drive wheels from spinning faster than the non-driven wheels. The SVT does have a more advanced flavor of ABS than other Focuses, though - I think.I was just curious, that's all.Traction control on these cars operates at all speeds, which is nice. Problem with T/C on these cars is that hitting the defeat switch only kills the T/C from 20mph on up - from 0-20, T/C is still active. If you get wheelspin on a hard launch or let's say powering out of a tight curve so that the unloaded inside wheel spins, the T/C comes on, even though in those instances you may not wish it to. The defeat switch should really defeat it completely.
As for how the T/C operates on these cars, I don't know if it selectively applies brakes only, or if it also retards timing, killing engine power, also, or even acts as a fuel cutoff in extreme (like winter driving) cases.
I have the advance-trac feature on my regular zx5, and 'BS'about something usually implies it's crap... just wonderin' what the grip was...