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Loads of wheelspin on launch control

andycupra

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is there a way to find out how many times launch control has been used on a car? If i had any indication that someone had been using launch control i'd want to know and i would not touch the car.
Its a gimic, a waste of time, and not something we need or should want on road cars.

anyways, once electric cars take over you will get beaten off the line regardless.
 

SuperV8

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May 30, 2019
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Really? Fair enough I thought they were all 4wd now for traction 🤷

is there a way to find out how many times launch control has been used on a car? If i had any indication that someone had been using launch control i'd want to know and i would not touch the car.
Its a gimic, a waste of time, and not something we need or should want on road cars.

anyways, once electric cars take over you will get beaten off the line regardless.
Agree it's a gimmick in the real world - used by the manufactures/magazine reviewers to get the headline 0-60's

Colleague has a model 3 performance - off the line acceleration - wow, in fact i'd probably call it uncomfortable (as a passenger) Can't see any ICE car getting close at the traffic light GP upto 30-40mph! and my weekend car is a 4.6 supercharged V8 Dax Rush as my point of reference!
 
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