I'm thankful for the stability control on my b5.5, and for the fact that I bought a strut brace here last year.
My wife was driving in the left lane on the Hutch this week when the minivan next to her decided to drive into her lane. She had to slam on the brakes and swerve (as he unaccountably decided to slow down with her) and steer between the minivan and the barrier, which is very close to the left lane at that point, while honking the horn to wake the guy up. She managed to maintain control and cut a very fine line while braking hard, and I'm sure that the stability control helped the car go where she told it to, while the strut brace enabled her to have fine enough control to keep the line. Without the strut brace, as I and other have posted elsewhere, the steering is so sloppy that there's no way to control it precisely.
Kudos to the car and to this site for giving me the info and opportunity to improve my handling! Next stop 1BE hopefully...
My wife was driving in the left lane on the Hutch this week when the minivan next to her decided to drive into her lane. She had to slam on the brakes and swerve (as he unaccountably decided to slow down with her) and steer between the minivan and the barrier, which is very close to the left lane at that point, while honking the horn to wake the guy up. She managed to maintain control and cut a very fine line while braking hard, and I'm sure that the stability control helped the car go where she told it to, while the strut brace enabled her to have fine enough control to keep the line. Without the strut brace, as I and other have posted elsewhere, the steering is so sloppy that there's no way to control it precisely.
Kudos to the car and to this site for giving me the info and opportunity to improve my handling! Next stop 1BE hopefully...