On more than one occasion over the past several months, I've had the opportunity to hoon my GT2/AWD Stinger. Two such times, in the dry, I tried to powerslide the car the way I would have with my old trusty V8 RWD car from a stop: turn off traction and stability control (hold the button as required), turn the wheel and mash the throttle.
As the rear tire(s) was/were beginning to lose grip and the car was just about to oversteer, I felt an immediate loss of power and deceleration, jerking forward and ruining an otherwise joyful moment of adolescence.
Every nanny was supposedly "off" and the car was in Sport mode in order to maximize rear wheel bias. The experience really felt like the throttle was cut via stability control. Anyone know if VSC doesn't completely defeat, or is this just how the AWD system behaves in dry weather? I wouldn't think 20% torque to the front wheels would cause the car to feel like it did since the revs fell *fast* as if, like I said, throttle was cut.
As the rear tire(s) was/were beginning to lose grip and the car was just about to oversteer, I felt an immediate loss of power and deceleration, jerking forward and ruining an otherwise joyful moment of adolescence.
Every nanny was supposedly "off" and the car was in Sport mode in order to maximize rear wheel bias. The experience really felt like the throttle was cut via stability control. Anyone know if VSC doesn't completely defeat, or is this just how the AWD system behaves in dry weather? I wouldn't think 20% torque to the front wheels would cause the car to feel like it did since the revs fell *fast* as if, like I said, throttle was cut.
