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its a good thing to have E.S.P
has helped me when i 1st got the car i got a bit cheeki (sideways) i think if it wasnt for the esp my car wouldnt be here so thanks esp now i drive it nice and slowly honest
just my tuppence worth
has helped me when i 1st got the car i got a bit cheeki (sideways) i think if it wasnt for the esp my car wouldnt be here so thanks esp now i drive it nice and slowly honest
just my tuppence worth
not really i swutch mine off all the time now get a limited slip diff instead(cost a bit more though)
Don't bother with it - mine's switched off most of the time... Gets in the way under spirited driving!! Sidewall flex under hard cornering is enough to make it think the car's skidding, when in fact it isn't, so it applies the brakes then UNsettling the car!! 
TomW
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Thing is, when you turn it off, you're not actually turning it off... just switching it to a less intrusive program which still gets in the way at times
I had the same thing, mine was turned off driving through pirbright bends near Frimey, it got a bit twitchy and started flashing!!
ive got two buttons, one for fuel and one for TSC, do you have three then? as the esp light on my dash never comes on only the swervy one (tsc)
Nope, 2 buttons, 1 for fuel, 1 labelled "esp". The esp button switches the esp program to the so-called "off", and also switches off the traction control. same warning light on the dash for both.
Scotty, if you have Esp the TCS button says Esp instead.
As for ESP itself, im still unsure about it. I ordered it on mine for two reasons.
1. I managed to spin my car 180 in a country lane a year ago and felt that maybe im not as great as i thought i was
2. THe LCR had it as standard.
Now then, When i first got the car, the way i was driving i didn't even get the light to flash once and therefor if you are a pretty safe driver then it would be handy to have just in case it was seriusly needed. Now that i have been driving the Cupra for a while it comes into effect on a daily basis. I believe its already stopped me once making a fool out of myself.
The biggest problem with it is pulling out. When you try to get out of a side road quick the esp/TCS kicks in and cuts power to the engine making it slightly imbarrassing sometimes. Now when i need to do that i turn it off for that and turn it back on again.
Also Ive heard that if you turn off the ESP and you have a crash the insurance will not pay out. Could possibly be the same with TCS.
I still unsure about it but unless it saves you life you wont ever be able to justify it.
As for ESP itself, im still unsure about it. I ordered it on mine for two reasons.
1. I managed to spin my car 180 in a country lane a year ago and felt that maybe im not as great as i thought i was
2. THe LCR had it as standard.
Now then, When i first got the car, the way i was driving i didn't even get the light to flash once and therefor if you are a pretty safe driver then it would be handy to have just in case it was seriusly needed. Now that i have been driving the Cupra for a while it comes into effect on a daily basis. I believe its already stopped me once making a fool out of myself.
The biggest problem with it is pulling out. When you try to get out of a side road quick the esp/TCS kicks in and cuts power to the engine making it slightly imbarrassing sometimes. Now when i need to do that i turn it off for that and turn it back on again.
Also Ive heard that if you turn off the ESP and you have a crash the insurance will not pay out. Could possibly be the same with TCS.
I still unsure about it but unless it saves you life you wont ever be able to justify it.
When I went on the driving day at Silverstone the instructor said the ESP(or whatever its called in Audi's) is turned off but its not actually ever fully off, if you get into serious trouble it will kick in and do something.
i didnt think the LCR had ESP... i thought it was TCS...
TCS being more a traction control system, ESP has trctiuon control as part of it but is an electronic stability programme... ie good for correcting slides etc...
TCS being more a traction control system, ESP has trctiuon control as part of it but is an electronic stability programme... ie good for correcting slides etc...
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