The Tools of Driving - Are they good? - ROAD TESTAMENT

Traction control, ABS, and all these electronic controls that keep cars tame on the road. Are they good for us? Hosted by JF Musial and Leo Parente.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• automotive
• fast
• lane
• daily
• traction
• control
• ABS
• electronics
• speed
• race
• racing
• motorsports
• air
• france
• crash
• flight
• 447
• autopilot
• driving
• drift
• spin

[milesinfront]

I have a very simple answer:-

Racing:- No driver aids! We want to see the best drivers, not the best software engineers.

Daily Driving:- As many aids as you want. It's not a race, it's a commute!

[Merto6]

Having tools is better but they should have different behaviour for the different purposes. The real problem comes when manufacturers start putting them in budget cars and this system becomes one of the places that they try to save money on.

[KoopaZ32]

@Rufusd15 same year and price range you can get a subaru wrx (AWD) witch i would recommend or (RWD)G35,350z,rx8 i think its ugly but its a good driver or if you want to stick with FWD you can get a VW GTI

[Rufusd15]

Open question.

Guys:

I am dead set on buying a Acura TSX manual 2004-2005..

I driven manual for a long time and I do care about the feeling/feedback from the manual than the boring feeling that a AT (all kinds) gives to me...

is there any other car (besides the Mini Cooper) that I should consider also? (manual)

[veteran011]

i love how leo would stomp his foot every time he talks about breaking or accelerating.

[roninexige]

680 whp Lotus the only tools needed are a proper setup and driver control..

Check out my channel..

[runnermatt]

Traction/stability control and ABS are good tools. They can actually help drivers learn a car limit safely but only if the driver knows when these systems intervene(i.e. the pulsing of the brake pedal when ABS activates). If a driver can learn to drive at the cars limit without activating these system they will be a much better driver.

[whittisismhere]

Making macro adjustments to speed and acceleration rates with the manual transmission can make anyone a better driver and moving in traffic a more mindful experience. The feeling of a perfectly rev matched, heel-toe downshift that powers into an at the limit exit a scarcely matched pleasure of driving. Drivers should learn how to maintain control of a vehicle that has exceeded the limits of traction.  Learning car control develops us into safer and more confident drivers.

[Javierm0n0]

Now for fun in the country side nothing better than a wrx or a Honda RSX. the feel and fun is there.

[Javierm0n0]

In my job i drive a lot of rental cars, i drove the new sienna and i've driven some kia minivan, and i've driven the Kia soul. For my daily driving the sienna had no road feel i felt like i was moving on luck. The kia minivan had that sport shift auto box i liked that better and even better i was able to do an aggressive speed(cough cough) all the way home from mamaronek NY to queens. The kia soul accelerated, stopped, and turned when i wanted, even though an automatic, that'd be my daily.