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Fun ride home tonight (Raining cats and dogs!!)

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Old 04-19-2006, 10:16 PM
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Default Fun ride home tonight (Raining cats and dogs!!)

1st understand it barely rains here. I'm used to South Florida
I got a chance to see how the car handles in bad weather!! Turned ESP off and from a stop gunned it turned sightly to the left car fishtailed a little but it felt strong and in control!
I also tried it w/ESP on and no cut off of power like I heard just took off no problems.

By the way how fast are Acura RSX's was following one today didn't try to race but we were flying down a country road
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Default RSX will quickly vanish...

in your rearview mirror in the rain - ask me how I know!
Old 04-20-2006, 04:11 AM
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ESP won't cut down the power depending on the amount of wheelspin is happening. Try it in on the snow, which probably doesn't exist there, and the ESP will significantly cut the throttle to the point you're crawling. Not exactly the fastest way around the corner, and at times, not the safest either especially if you need to really get moving because of some other reason.

But with wet roads and ESP off, I'm surprised on how easy it is to get the back to kick out around the corner, though I'm thinking it has a lot to do with the kind of tires I have... winters
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