It can only help in slippery conditions. More traction is more traction.
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XDS Settings WOW!!!
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It can only help in slippery conditions. More traction is more traction.
MBorVW
Go Kart Champion
XDS 2 not great on 50% tire tread
I've had XDS setting at 2 for over 6 months now and in the curves it is the shizzle! However, I've had a couple of scary moments on wet pavement with my crap A/S Dunlop stock tires.
1)leaving the gym one night and there was water from a sprinkler on the blacktop road. I was not driving fast but just took the corner out of the parking lot a bit too quickly...my XDS seemed to kick in aggressively and I slid almost into the opposite curb. Luckily there were no cars coming into the lot at the time. Yes this could be more about my worn tires (50-70% tread est.) but I think it was the combo of crap tires and aggressive XDS setting.
2)making a quick turn onto a side street in dry conditions and my car started sliding the front end. Again I think the XDS at 2 is REALLY braking hard in this type of situation and my tires are not good enough to grip the road when braking is kicking in via XDS 2.
This weekend I switched back to stock setting to see if I feel a difference and I now feel safer overall as handling is more predictable on my crappy tires. With nice summer tires or new A/S tires I'm sure these XDS 2 problems would be virtually non-existant. However, until I get new tires I'm staying at the stock XDS setting.
XDS at 2 is probably not a great idea in snowy conditions in which you want full control of when you're car is braking (based on my experience on wet pavement). :iono:
I've had XDS setting at 2 for over 6 months now and in the curves it is the shizzle! However, I've had a couple of scary moments on wet pavement with my crap A/S Dunlop stock tires.
1)leaving the gym one night and there was water from a sprinkler on the blacktop road. I was not driving fast but just took the corner out of the parking lot a bit too quickly...my XDS seemed to kick in aggressively and I slid almost into the opposite curb. Luckily there were no cars coming into the lot at the time. Yes this could be more about my worn tires (50-70% tread est.) but I think it was the combo of crap tires and aggressive XDS setting.
2)making a quick turn onto a side street in dry conditions and my car started sliding the front end. Again I think the XDS at 2 is REALLY braking hard in this type of situation and my tires are not good enough to grip the road when braking is kicking in via XDS 2.
This weekend I switched back to stock setting to see if I feel a difference and I now feel safer overall as handling is more predictable on my crappy tires. With nice summer tires or new A/S tires I'm sure these XDS 2 problems would be virtually non-existant. However, until I get new tires I'm staying at the stock XDS setting.
XDS at 2 is probably not a great idea in snowy conditions in which you want full control of when you're car is braking (based on my experience on wet pavement). :iono:
I've experienced the same.
With XDS=0, if you give it too much power and exceed traction, the inside wheel spins. This is pretty safe because the outside tire still has traction, just no power going to it.
With XDS=2, the traction threshold is much higher, but if you exceed it, it seems that both front wheels spin causing total understeer. Gotta be careful.
With XDS=0, if you give it too much power and exceed traction, the inside wheel spins. This is pretty safe because the outside tire still has traction, just no power going to it.
With XDS=2, the traction threshold is much higher, but if you exceed it, it seems that both front wheels spin causing total understeer. Gotta be careful.
veedoubleme
Go Kart Champion
Good to know. I'll probably turn it off come winter, especially since I run snow tires.
XDS=2 will give you more grip, its just loses more grip when you exceed the limit. The good news is that understeer is easy to get out of, just lift off the gas. It's the safe way to find your traction limit since you won't spin.
I'll keep it on all the time, just remember that if you understeer, back off the throttle. Its not scary.
If conditions are bad, i would put it into stock power mode though.
I'll keep it on all the time, just remember that if you understeer, back off the throttle. Its not scary.
If conditions are bad, i would put it into stock power mode though.
ROOSTER1050
Go Kart Champion
just to be clear and that I understand --- the "change" in setting is from "0", which is stock?
a "1" setting is "weak", and this is weaker than stock?
and "2" the desired setting, is STRONG?
a "1" setting is "weak", and this is weaker than stock?
and "2" the desired setting, is STRONG?
MBorVW
Go Kart Champion
:word: I have moved my XDS to 1 so that it is less intrusive. I think I may find a way to permanently deactivate it. It really just gets in the way of the LSD.
It will though make you're car they way front wheel drive is supposed to be. You will be on the throttle with the tail out the way the XDS never will allow.
This the XDS is a cost saving measure it is not an LSD. Here is some great Frontie driving!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur6X1dCI9Bc
XDS:2 will make the car is more eager to rotate on turn-in especially if your suspension setup is geared towards neutralizing understeer like with a stiffer rear sway in the rear.
It's a great setting and recommended for enthusiasts but don't forget you're still driving a GTI, so it prefers to go into a corner a reduced speed and feed the power to slingshot its way out and NOT the other way around.
JT641
Banned
Does this & this http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36475 Do the same thing.
APRMK6GTi
Go Kart Champion
Does this & this http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36475 Do the same thing.
xds and tsc are 2 different things
JT641
Banned
Do you have Vag-Com & do you know how to change these.
BTW the did you here about the next drive/meet