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Originally Posted by WyoCowboy
Originally Posted by BillyGoatGruff
I was wondering how you were liking that outfit Wyo.

Overall you dig?


I love it when I kill it I will buy another, I drive around 100 miles a day in it and never had a problem, I pushed down an un-plowed road with about 18 in of snow today and never spun a tire. I'm getting about 40 MPG this winter, I did pull a 51 MPG tank this summer.


Thanks! Good to know, I may end up with one of those one of these days.


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Originally Posted by senior
. My new Ford has traction control which I have a love-hate relation with! It does a good job of controlling wheelspin but removes the fun factor when you want to step out the rear end.


You can shut it off. Push the button once and it turns off. Then HOLD the button for about 10 seconds and it REALLY shuts it off.


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t-zone: isn't that what I said in an earlier post.

Originally Posted by senior

I don't know what year your Ford is but mine has a simple button on the centre console, you just push & hold till it the icon stops flashing in your instrument panel.
But I do agree you should have to push to engage instead of disengage.

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I know in Chevy's and my Ram it doesn't turn off. Just interfere's less.


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Originally Posted by BillyGoatGruff
I know in Chevy's and my Ram it doesn't turn off. Just interfere's less.


My Toyota has interferes less and interferes a lot less, but off doesn't really happen...

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Looks like it.


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Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
...for those with a lot of slick highway driving experience with one...
I know they'll get you going and keep you going, but how are they for icy highways? Will it break both rear wheels free and skid you more than an open diff? Can they be more of a liability than an asset on ice?


Getting back to the op, after 10 AK winters in an open diff truck, and now my 6th in a limited slip diff truck, there are two simple bits of advice. When the back ends starts sliding, get off the gas. If the roads are bad, put it in 4wd. I haven't found any downside with the limited slip, and with a high torque diesel engine I think it's a must as it's very easy to break the back end loose when you're pulling away from a stop.

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Originally Posted by BillyGoatGruff
I know in Chevy's and my Ram it doesn't turn off. Just interfere's less.


In the Chevy you push once to disable TC. Push and hold to disable Stabilitrac. This turns it all the way off. I have no idea about the Ram.

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It doesn't turn it all the way off. You can still feel it trying to interfere.

In my experience only of course.


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TC will also wear your rear brakes faster and can get you run over when the engine stalls.

I've written chevy to plead for the default to be off

That press and hold never worked for mine and it ain't permanent. I can turn it off but it won't stay that way after the ignition has been turned off.

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Originally Posted by JohnnyLoco
TC will also wear your rear brakes faster and can get you run over when the engine stalls.

I've written chevy to plead for the default to be off

That press and hold never worked for mine and it ain't permanent. I can turn it off but it won't stay that way after the ignition has been turned off.
It'll be a cold day in hell when they do that. Someone in government has decided that TC is a good thing so you get it like it or not. It's like my garden tractor where the engine dies if I try to mow in reverse without changing the switch. Government knows best.


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The majority of drivers are idiots, so having the TC default on makes sense.

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tru trac they last and they work


i dont need a ultra mag, i know how to shoot my 30-06

having that obama sticker on your car might as well say " Yes i'm stupid "


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Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
...for those with a lot of slick highway driving experience with one...
I know they'll get you going and keep you going, but how are they for icy highways? Will it break both rear wheels free and skid you more than an open diff? Can they be more of a liability than an asset on ice?


The only problem I've had on the highway in ice and snow is when the automatic trans decides to downshift going up a snowy hill. That nearly caused me to end up in both of the ditches once. Locking out the overdrive prevents the problem.


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