ESP and fuel efficiency
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Re: ESP and fuel efficiency
On 4 Feb 2007 11:35:36 -0800, "tockeyhockey@gmail.com"
<tockeyhockey@gmail.com> wrote:
>i know this sounds crazy, but it there any chance that driving with
>the ESP engaged reduces fuel efficiency?
You should be driving with esp as a default, i.e. it is always on and
requires you to physically press a button to turn it off. With it
off, you will experience wheel spin in slippery conditions.
I just returned last Sunday from a winter driving school (Tim
O'Neal's) in NH that I gave for Christmas to all my kids, their
husbands, and my grandchildren with drivers' licenses. If I drove my
RS6 with the ESP engaged, it wasn't much fun, and I found it difficult
to get it loose. I made all my runs on the three different exercises
with it off. I was quicker with it on, but the idea of the school was
to hang out the car, lose control (either understeer or oversteer),
and regain it. My son's-in-law Audi 4.2 and my grandson's S4 did not
have ESP. My wife's Lesux has it, but you couldn't turn it off. No
one wanted to drive the Lexus. d;o)
Gas mileage? Mine is always a little less in the cold months,
probably because it takes longer for the engine to warm to efficient
operating temps.
Dave
<tockeyhockey@gmail.com> wrote:
>i know this sounds crazy, but it there any chance that driving with
>the ESP engaged reduces fuel efficiency?
You should be driving with esp as a default, i.e. it is always on and
requires you to physically press a button to turn it off. With it
off, you will experience wheel spin in slippery conditions.
I just returned last Sunday from a winter driving school (Tim
O'Neal's) in NH that I gave for Christmas to all my kids, their
husbands, and my grandchildren with drivers' licenses. If I drove my
RS6 with the ESP engaged, it wasn't much fun, and I found it difficult
to get it loose. I made all my runs on the three different exercises
with it off. I was quicker with it on, but the idea of the school was
to hang out the car, lose control (either understeer or oversteer),
and regain it. My son's-in-law Audi 4.2 and my grandson's S4 did not
have ESP. My wife's Lesux has it, but you couldn't turn it off. No
one wanted to drive the Lexus. d;o)
Gas mileage? Mine is always a little less in the cold months,
probably because it takes longer for the engine to warm to efficient
operating temps.
Dave
#12
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Re: ESP and fuel efficiency
On 4 Feb 2007 11:35:36 -0800, "tockeyhockey@gmail.com"
<tockeyhockey@gmail.com> wrote:
>i know this sounds crazy, but it there any chance that driving with
>the ESP engaged reduces fuel efficiency?
You should be driving with esp as a default, i.e. it is always on and
requires you to physically press a button to turn it off. With it
off, you will experience wheel spin in slippery conditions.
I just returned last Sunday from a winter driving school (Tim
O'Neal's) in NH that I gave for Christmas to all my kids, their
husbands, and my grandchildren with drivers' licenses. If I drove my
RS6 with the ESP engaged, it wasn't much fun, and I found it difficult
to get it loose. I made all my runs on the three different exercises
with it off. I was quicker with it on, but the idea of the school was
to hang out the car, lose control (either understeer or oversteer),
and regain it. My son's-in-law Audi 4.2 and my grandson's S4 did not
have ESP. My wife's Lesux has it, but you couldn't turn it off. No
one wanted to drive the Lexus. d;o)
Gas mileage? Mine is always a little less in the cold months,
probably because it takes longer for the engine to warm to efficient
operating temps.
Dave
<tockeyhockey@gmail.com> wrote:
>i know this sounds crazy, but it there any chance that driving with
>the ESP engaged reduces fuel efficiency?
You should be driving with esp as a default, i.e. it is always on and
requires you to physically press a button to turn it off. With it
off, you will experience wheel spin in slippery conditions.
I just returned last Sunday from a winter driving school (Tim
O'Neal's) in NH that I gave for Christmas to all my kids, their
husbands, and my grandchildren with drivers' licenses. If I drove my
RS6 with the ESP engaged, it wasn't much fun, and I found it difficult
to get it loose. I made all my runs on the three different exercises
with it off. I was quicker with it on, but the idea of the school was
to hang out the car, lose control (either understeer or oversteer),
and regain it. My son's-in-law Audi 4.2 and my grandson's S4 did not
have ESP. My wife's Lesux has it, but you couldn't turn it off. No
one wanted to drive the Lexus. d;o)
Gas mileage? Mine is always a little less in the cold months,
probably because it takes longer for the engine to warm to efficient
operating temps.
Dave
#13
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Re: ESP and fuel efficiency
On 4 Feb 2007 11:35:36 -0800, "tockeyhockey@gmail.com"
<tockeyhockey@gmail.com> wrote:
>i know this sounds crazy, but it there any chance that driving with
>the ESP engaged reduces fuel efficiency?
You should be driving with esp as a default, i.e. it is always on and
requires you to physically press a button to turn it off. With it
off, you will experience wheel spin in slippery conditions.
I just returned last Sunday from a winter driving school (Tim
O'Neal's) in NH that I gave for Christmas to all my kids, their
husbands, and my grandchildren with drivers' licenses. If I drove my
RS6 with the ESP engaged, it wasn't much fun, and I found it difficult
to get it loose. I made all my runs on the three different exercises
with it off. I was quicker with it on, but the idea of the school was
to hang out the car, lose control (either understeer or oversteer),
and regain it. My son's-in-law Audi 4.2 and my grandson's S4 did not
have ESP. My wife's Lesux has it, but you couldn't turn it off. No
one wanted to drive the Lexus. d;o)
Gas mileage? Mine is always a little less in the cold months,
probably because it takes longer for the engine to warm to efficient
operating temps.
Dave
<tockeyhockey@gmail.com> wrote:
>i know this sounds crazy, but it there any chance that driving with
>the ESP engaged reduces fuel efficiency?
You should be driving with esp as a default, i.e. it is always on and
requires you to physically press a button to turn it off. With it
off, you will experience wheel spin in slippery conditions.
I just returned last Sunday from a winter driving school (Tim
O'Neal's) in NH that I gave for Christmas to all my kids, their
husbands, and my grandchildren with drivers' licenses. If I drove my
RS6 with the ESP engaged, it wasn't much fun, and I found it difficult
to get it loose. I made all my runs on the three different exercises
with it off. I was quicker with it on, but the idea of the school was
to hang out the car, lose control (either understeer or oversteer),
and regain it. My son's-in-law Audi 4.2 and my grandson's S4 did not
have ESP. My wife's Lesux has it, but you couldn't turn it off. No
one wanted to drive the Lexus. d;o)
Gas mileage? Mine is always a little less in the cold months,
probably because it takes longer for the engine to warm to efficient
operating temps.
Dave