Re: WTF Warning light?!?!? (traction ctrl)

["David N. Boyer" <ravee@lamere.net>]

Actually it uses the ABS brain to determine if one wheel is spinning faster
than the other. It then slws the faster spinning wheel using the brake on
that side.  Or something like that.  Yes it is electronic.  Next time
winter ice comes around, floor it from a stop and you'll hear the same
thudding noise as you do when you engage the ABS brakes.

-David
'92 slc

At 09:47 AM 7/5/99 -0700, you wrote:
>The "traction control" is really a marketing gimmick, since it's low speed 
>traction control (read: not electronic).  I'm not sure exactly what kind of 
>contraption it is, but some member of this list explained it to me before.  
>It's really more akin to a limited slip differential, as I understand it.
>
>Eric Wang
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>BBS RZ-II, 1998 Green Trek 930
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