I find the VSC tends to intervene excessively under 40mph or when cornering, particularly when accelerating out of a corner. Also has unintended consequences in snow.
Engine tranny is not that great to begin with, very sluggish. You find workarounds, but in corners not workable. Give it some gas it loses, does not gain speed until you straighten the wheel as if someone applied the brake when you actually are giving throttle. I don't like this.
Also, speaking of this in snow the VSC is too agressive. Traction control keeps the front wheels from ever spinning. This is fine in theory, but in light of the haldex differential, it means the rear wheels never get any power, making this "part time" AWD solution unworkable. Car seems to prefer to lose power and stop on slippery surfaces rather than feeding traction rearwards.
I just recently drove some old cars while here in Europe, and while I didn't do any crazy maneuvers, I enjoyed having just a trace of torque steer or oversteer here or there. We're talking like around 100hp and not much more, but wow, I was impressed with a car that you can actually.... drive!
I have read there is generally a 15 step process when starting a stability controlled car to disable this system on other Toyotas or Lexuses. Whether a button is available or not, I know for a fact all vehicles with stability have to allow a mechanic performing dyno and emissions testing to shut it off.
I would like to know if anyone has access to this sequence and if so, to post the exact sequence to shut off the VSC and traction.
Thanks in advance
Engine tranny is not that great to begin with, very sluggish. You find workarounds, but in corners not workable. Give it some gas it loses, does not gain speed until you straighten the wheel as if someone applied the brake when you actually are giving throttle. I don't like this.
Also, speaking of this in snow the VSC is too agressive. Traction control keeps the front wheels from ever spinning. This is fine in theory, but in light of the haldex differential, it means the rear wheels never get any power, making this "part time" AWD solution unworkable. Car seems to prefer to lose power and stop on slippery surfaces rather than feeding traction rearwards.
I just recently drove some old cars while here in Europe, and while I didn't do any crazy maneuvers, I enjoyed having just a trace of torque steer or oversteer here or there. We're talking like around 100hp and not much more, but wow, I was impressed with a car that you can actually.... drive!
I have read there is generally a 15 step process when starting a stability controlled car to disable this system on other Toyotas or Lexuses. Whether a button is available or not, I know for a fact all vehicles with stability have to allow a mechanic performing dyno and emissions testing to shut it off.
I would like to know if anyone has access to this sequence and if so, to post the exact sequence to shut off the VSC and traction.
Thanks in advance
