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So were MY07 and MY08 models.
A few of us who bought FRs and Cupras in summer 2007 went on a free track day run by SEAT and it was one of the points mentioned there. There may have been an option to overide the ESP but pressing the button would not fully deactivate the ESP. It would still kick in close to the absolute limit.
That's exactly what I've experienced in mine as well.
Now time to find the ESP fuse and make a kill-switch for it.
Now time to find the ESP fuse and make a kill-switch for it.
Call me old fashioned but I like the fact that my car stops me from killing myself. The only time I could ever wish to turn it off might be a track day in which case I'd be that busy concentrating on the track that I wouldn't notice a light flashing on the dashboard!!!!!
Most manufacturers of family style cars whether hot hatches or not won't allow you to completely disengage ESP or whatever acronym they use for it! Vauxhall dis-Astras for example don't even give you the choice!
Most manufacturers of family style cars whether hot hatches or not won't allow you to completely disengage ESP or whatever acronym they use for it! Vauxhall dis-Astras for example don't even give you the choice!
On the track day unless partically doing an exercise to demonstrate ESP being off we left it on.
As foxy367 said its good to know it might stop you killing yourself.
The difference ESP makes is amazing, most of us on here probably aren't good enough drivers to have any benefit from it being switched off.
It does sound like SEAT have tweaked the system though as mine is a solid light when ESP is off (well off until it decides to kick in at the light).
As foxy367 said its good to know it might stop you killing yourself.
The difference ESP makes is amazing, most of us on here probably aren't good enough drivers to have any benefit from it being switched off.
It does sound like SEAT have tweaked the system though as mine is a solid light when ESP is off (well off until it decides to kick in at the light).
It's not the car that kills, people, it's the one driving the car. I know where you're coming from, but personally I would like to have the option of turning the ESP off completely, even if I never turned it off myself. I feel somewhat offended by VAG claiming that most drivers are considered inadequate and therefore will include ESP (that cannot be switched off) in all their cars from now on.
By the way, the kill-switch was a joke.
By the way, the kill-switch was a joke.
It's not the car that kills, people, it's the one driving the car. I know where you're coming from, but personally I would like to have the option of turning the ESP off completely, even if I never turned it off myself. I feel somewhat offended by VAG claiming that most drivers are considered inadequate and therefore will include ESP (that cannot be switched off) in all their cars from now on.
By the way, the kill-switch was a joke.
As a side note I read a review of the new Audi TT TDi in Autocar a couple of months back and that was one of the critisms of the car that the ESP couldn't be completely switched off.
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Honestly, I really hate ESP on a track. On the road it's the best thing ever, but on a track... I really really really HATE it! Every time I try to take a tight turn it gets me off the track, instead of taking outside-inside-outside it will make me go outside-inside-inside... and a lot of speed lost! So it really sucks! I know I'm not the best driver on the road or on the track but if I try to take it to the limit of my car so I can learn how it behaves when it's there I have no chance because the bloody thing kicks on! Very sad about that... can't wait to take it off!![[:@]](/forums/styles/seatcupra/oldforumsmileys/furious.gif "Furious [:@]")
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