I've driven a BMW 528i in the snow, WITH traction control on. Damn thing is nearly impossible. It took me about 5 minutes to go up this 7 yard slope, manual transmission too, so I can't imagine what all those pansies with automatics are doing.

 

Turn off the DSC....

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Hockey
Too much $$.
Trying to keep the car inexpensive.

Does Honda even have traction control?

They did give us an LSD.

 

Search for 'snow drags' and you can see them in action. With snow tires it's a piece of cake.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Intrepid175

 

Yes, it does have an LSD, as mentioned above. That has absolutely nothing to do with traction control.

LSD (limited slip diff) is a mechanical device that prevents one wheel from spinning without the other one going along for the ride. Have a friend in an old '68 camaro with a 327 smallblock and no LSD demonstrate what happens when you DON'T have it... the 3000 foot, one-wheeled burnout is a classic.

Traction control is computer aided control of wheel slip as detected by the computer, and resolved as the computer sees fit by applying brakes, backing off the throttle, etc.