VDC - help or hindrance?

[Kendahl]

Has anyone driven a G37 hard enough in corners to activate VDC? If so, what was it like?

If you were to drive a G37 at racing speeds on a track, would VDC help you get the most out of the car? Or would it interfere so much that you would have to turn it off?

[G_whizz]

If you want to utilize your G to it's fullest potential... take off the VDC.

Having it on would definitely interfere with it's performance.

[G35autocrosser]

I am surprised there is anyone who hasn't felt the impact of VDC yet. It severely holds back the car when accelerating, especially if you corner at all. it is designed to prevent the tires from slipping and it can't do that without restricting the engine and breaking on it's own at times. You will see the light flicker on the dash. Definately turn it off when you want the car to feel natural. Please take it off occasionally, you won't regret it.

P.S. It did save me the first or second day I had the car when I was taking some back roads and wasn't paying attention to a 90 degree turn that had gravel on it. I got sideways but had left VDC on since it was my break in period of learning the car and it definately helped to correct.

[Kendahl]

Thanks for the replies. After I get my G37 broken in, I will have to try some experiments. What I am concerned about is how soon and how forcefully VDC intervenes. Is it like Porsche's system, which leaves room for hard driving, or does it assume that anything beyond slow and sedate constitutes loss of control? At worst, I can learn to press the "off" button immediately after starting the engine.

[mtech]

I push my car hard frequently. when I am hot lapping 83 in Baltimore I leave the VDC on and I see no hinderance and it has actually saved my *** from the jersey wall at 140 mph once, on one particular bend i could not run my normal line ( car in my way ) so I went wide and there was a dip in that lane that was enuf to lighten the *** end up and she started coming out and before i could even react to it I felt the VDC engage and start dancing on the brakes in the back and straightend the car up before I even lifted off the gas and the car never skipped a beat, just kept on ballin. I have felt it back off the trhottle on me in a long sweeping turn but it was faint. I also have a 15 MPH windy road by Hopkins Collage I like to drift late at night. I turn it off for this. It wont let you slide the car sideways. The abrupt back and forth on the twisties cause major intervention. but keeps the car planted if you are just driving and get caught off gaurd. It has saved my *** twice for that. I only tuirn it off when I am very comfortalbe with the road I am ballin and the car on that road. It would really suck to bounce a 40K car off a jersey wall goofin off....