Who hates Advance Trac...
12-16-2014, 06:01 PM
#41
Senior Member
They sure don't make them like they used to. True Detroit locker, manual lock front hubs, manual shift-on-the-floor transfer case, 4 speed manual tranny with granny 1st gear, no traction control, no stability control, just the ***** luvin wheel spinning mud throwin' go anywhere kind of fun you could get yourself into and out of.
12-16-2014, 06:04 PM
#42
Senior Member
You are turning off traction control, roll stability control is what remains on, you can spin your wheels thru every gear if capable but only in a straight line, once that *** end gets slide ways the RSC kicks in not TC.
Yeah I know it's almost splitting hairs but there is a difference.
Yeah I know it's almost splitting hairs but there is a difference.
12-16-2014, 06:04 PM
#43
2003 F-150 King Ranch
They sure don't make them like they used to. True Detroit locker, manual lock front hubs, manual shift-on-the-floor transfer case, 4 speed manual tranny with granny 1st gear, no traction control, no stability control, just the ***** luvin wheel spinning mud throwin' go anywhere kind of fun you could get yourself into and out of.
12-16-2014, 06:25 PM
#44
The only thing worse.... would be all those frickin yellow and red warning lights flashing all over your dash. Even worse is having them stay on constantly. ...no thanks! I'll stay with the way Ford intended it to be. :frown:
12-16-2014, 07:26 PM
#45
Senior Member
I'm going to take my cluster apart one night... lol. No more lights! They don't flash though.. just the brake, abs and advance track light stay on. It alarms when you fire it up but you just clear them off the display and they stay gone.
Last edited by 1994Vmax; 12-16-2014 at 07:39 PM.
12-17-2014, 12:14 AM
#46
Recklessness is one thing... and these systems don't defeat that. On more than one occasion in winter I have had issues with these ridiculous controls jamming on brakes or cutting engine power during what would be normal driving conditions and maneuvers. It's been invasive enough I want no part with it. In the summer... meh... couldn't care less as it doesn't bother me on dry or wet roads. Winter on snow and ice and particularly my off highway driving... utterly useless.
Traction controls are baloney.
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12-17-2014, 06:05 AM
#48
I had a close call with the damned advance trac yesterday. I pulled out of a parking lot onto a slightly wet road, right as I did that, some guy decided to turn left into where I was exiting. I punched it to get out of his way because he was completely oblivious, the tires spun on the wet road, the TC pulled power, and my first thought was "oh ****, engine's broke!" Second thought was "Brace for impact!" Luckily, the slight burst of speed before the traction control started waving it's finger at me going "naughty naughty!" was enough to get away from the guy, and he missed me by maybe a foot.
Traction controls are baloney.
Traction controls are baloney.
So you pulled out in front of somebody and did not have ideal traction and it's traction control fault lol. Sounds like you would of just spun the tires and got creamed with out traction control
12-17-2014, 07:28 AM
#49
Senior Member
12-17-2014, 08:22 AM
#50
Senior Member
I can't tell when advance trac is (or is not) working. I was on muddy back roads of the Jicarilla Res (NM). I travelled a couple of miles going from side to side and at one point was totally broadside with the rear in the ditch and front end on the road..... It felt like the axles were taking turn pulling, but not in any controlled fashion. Turning adv trac off did not seem to do anything. Svc tech said it was operating as designed.
I did better with my CJ-5 in which I controlled the vehicle....
I did better with my CJ-5 in which I controlled the vehicle....