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Replying to: bumpy (Sep 28, 2007 6:19 am)  -rockylee
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Replying to: rockylee (Sep 28, 2007 6:32 am) Sometimes a certain sequence of presses to the button will shut of the stability and traction control sometimes now. Volvo did that on their "R" models. If you pressed the DTSC button a certain number of times in so many seconds it would completely shut off the system.
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Sep 27, 2007 10:22 am) |
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Replying to: british_rover (Sep 28, 2007 6:34 am)
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Replying to: sls002 (Sep 28, 2007 8:00 am) If I floor one of our rovers from a dead stop going into a turn I might activate the traction/stability control but probably not. The cars are just to heavy and with the AWD it is hard to break traction. I can't shut off stability or traction control in the rovers either because those systems tie into the Active Roll Mitigation and Roll Stability Control. Plus the stability control in those vehicles is adjustable depending on the road surface using terrain response and terrain sensing software.
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Replying to: british_rover (Sep 28, 2007 8:04 am) |
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http://www.edmunds.com/apps/vdpcontainers/do/vdp/articleId=122751/pageNumber=1 From the moment he returned from testing an early example of the 2008 Cadillac CTS at the Nürburgring's Nordschleife racetrack in Germany, our Dan Edmunds couldn't stop talking about his experience. "This thing is fun," he said. "The CTS lives up to everything you expect from a car developed at the Nürburgring." He was so enthusiastic, we wondered if he had spent too much time conducting field research into the Vorläufiges Deutsches Biergesetz (provisional German beer law) to properly judge the new CTS's attributes. The CTS's new interior treatment has a visual warmth, and interiors from BMW and Mercedes seem cold and austere in comparison, while a Lexus seems antiseptic. The Cadillac's all-new front seats are reasonably comfortable, but some of us begged for more thigh support. Standard for the World This is the best Cadillac in 40 years. Sure, the direct-injection V6 is only adequate, but it's a great start. Even with the firmest FE-3 suspension package, the CTS proves GM knows how to walk the line between a compliant ride and ultimate handling. The exterior styling may only be an evolution of the original CTS, but it's far more successful. It has a bolder stance and chic presence the previous car never did, even in CTS-V form. Meanwhile, the interior and mind-blowing infotainment system remind us of the time when Cadillac was called "The Standard of the World." There's a flip side to the affirmation. The curse is that now that we've seen and experienced the exceptional 2008 Cadillac CTS, there can be no more excuses for mediocre vehicles from GM. OK, General Motors, you've proved it once. Now the biggest challenge will be to do it again and again. That's how reputations are made. |
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Replying to: rayainsw (Sep 21, 2007 9:43 am) |
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Replying to: hondacbr1k (Oct 02, 2007 8:41 am) Not in a 2-ton car, unfortunately. 
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Replying to: bumpy (Oct 02, 2007 9:17 am)  Perhaps they had a couple tons of cement bags in the trunk so the number wouldn't approach the foreign cars they bias.  -Rocky
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