Exactly!!!!!!!

If I had an one with stability control (of which traction control is a part of), the only time I would turn it off is at the track, or going on a freeway onramp. IMO, if you are driving fast enough on the street to activate it, you are driving to fast and putting your life and other's in danger.

Save that speed for the track or autocross.

 

step #1: kick your brother in the nuts.
step #2: take a driver course (I did the raceway park driving school when i lived in new jersey)
step #3: don't drive like a jackass on the street, save it for the track.

I'm 21 years old and have driven a lot of different cars (my family is car crazy and we own a lot of performance cars. My dad is a porsche nutcase,) and the one thing I have learned with driving is to not get cocky. I learned that when my father bought an '08 shelby gt500 (dont have it anymore,) but learned a lot about driving dynamics of a rwd car. Granted the S2K is a completely different car, but the gt500 taught me a lot. Just be careful and I highly recommend that not only you but EVERYONE take a performance driving school. When I finally got the money to get a performance car the s2k was my first choice. simply the best value for the money. And not only that, but I have learned a lot in this car.

All in all, the S2k is like the really really hot jappy gf that you have and if you make one wrong move (fart wrong, yawn wrong, dress wrong, look at her wrong,) she bitches you out until shes out of breath.

stay on your toes.

 

 

I don't know why you would ever want to take the stability control off unless you were trying to do a burnout or drift (both of which are things fools do on public streets).

 

very good post, thanks everyone keep em coming.

 

I bought my AP1 when I was 19. While I'm so so so so so glad I did, I would never recommend it to anyone else around my age. I was very lucky the times that the car did bite back. I span out on the road a couple times, but fortunately I never hit anything. As I've spent the last 2 years on this forum, I see all the horror stories about people in the same situation as I was in, but they had worse luck than I. I like to think I'm a better drive now, as I haven't had any issues in the last year or so, but obviously I'm not capable of analyzing my abilities as a driver.

I hope you're as lucky as I am.

 

I don't know why you would ever want to take the stability control off unless you were trying to do a burnout or drift (both of which are things fools do on public streets).
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Yeah, whenever I've heard of people turning it off -- I've always assumed it was for "drifting" or smoky burnouts. Otherwise I can't see a good reason.

I took it to an empty parking lot just to whip it around a bit, and I could tell it was beneficial to have. Even when I got the ass to slide out, I was quickly able to get the car straight again. Driving in the rain has been relatively awesome, although I don't know how much had to do with VSA -- because obviously I'm not going to risk turning it off. Hell, VSA was one of the big reasons I wanted a newer model.

I just don't get it

 

I would say its a terrible first car. However overall its an amazing car.

 

I feel the same way about the English language.

 

I just read that you have rwd experiance so with that being said, I'm all behind you. I also assumed you were 16 like the rest of the posters . Go for it! I still recommend 06+ however