It does depend on the car. On snow it still cuts power the moment you get wheelspin, so drifting with TC on is basically fighting the car. It’s doable, just not really easy. My car just completely disables the ability to use the accelerator
So, I have a car with traction control. You can "turn it off" which actually just turns it down, or you can long press it to disable it up to a certain speed.
Edit to add: this guy probably hit the button and started trying to go sideways and the car still said no.
I like older cars too, but newer ones have better traction control too. My old 2009 cars TC makes you understeer more to the point where the car starts jumping towards the outside of a curve. Luckily it can be turned off completely. And there's always the ABS fuse if it doesn't wanna.
Lol, My bad Sir. I had an E500 and I was focused on the poor Benz. Although to be honest I’ve wanted to do that a couple of times myself. I also had a 745 Li I loved, but it wasn’t without its issues as well. No more Euro problems for me, Lexus all the way now.
That's a W211 E-Class Mercedes. Built from 2003 through 2009. There's a button on the center console that turns off traction control. It won't disable all the nannies, but it will allow someone to drift. Unfortunately, there's no talentless driver switch.
These w211s came with some pretty beefy engines, but nothing on this earth will allow any of them to drift in the dry, not even dyno mode with no TC. They all have open diffs.
Imagine trying to explain this to your insurance
They will lie about a hit&run.
To your father!
I mean, it’s his car.
Let's hope daddy is subscribed here 🤣
I wouldn’t say drifting as it was driving straight into a parked car
No, that's what I meant with the whole "with traction control on".
Drifting is essentially reducing traction on the wheels so they can slide on the road.
So, it won't drift with traction control ON.
You can, but its hard. Easy on snow
It does depend on the car. On snow it still cuts power the moment you get wheelspin, so drifting with TC on is basically fighting the car. It’s doable, just not really easy. My car just completely disables the ability to use the accelerator
Ye i was thinking more of powersliding i guess since my car is front wheel drive.
Drifting with front wheel drive is crazy work. Do you often spin out?
I dont realy do it besides a little in winter, just handbraketurns around corners.
Dad’s gonna be so pissed!
I usually see people in their early 20s drive old German cars that are dirt cheap
That’s not drifting, that’s driving like an idiot trying to show off while not actually knowing how to control a car let alone turn fukn TC off
So, I have a car with traction control. You can "turn it off" which actually just turns it down, or you can long press it to disable it up to a certain speed.
Edit to add: this guy probably hit the button and started trying to go sideways and the car still said no.
That's why I like my older cars... Just enough electronics to make the safe but not enough to shoot you in the foot when having fun.
I like older cars too, but newer ones have better traction control too. My old 2009 cars TC makes you understeer more to the point where the car starts jumping towards the outside of a curve. Luckily it can be turned off completely. And there's always the ABS fuse if it doesn't wanna.
3 point seatbelts and an airbag is all I need or want.
Not to mention the car has an open diff. You can’t really drift it in the dry anyway.
When does the drifting start?
When the traction control goes off
The traction control was going off the whole video.
Won't be doing that again...
This one trick that insurance companies hate
Turning off the TC on the w211 is only a suggestion and being German the car thinks it knows better than the driver and ignores that suggestion.
You can put it in "dyno mode" with the special routine to fully turn it off but most people don't know about that.
i seem to be understeering. let me continue to apply the throttle
Poor bimmer!
That’s an E Class Benz
I meant the car that got hit
Lol, My bad Sir. I had an E500 and I was focused on the poor Benz. Although to be honest I’ve wanted to do that a couple of times myself. I also had a 745 Li I loved, but it wasn’t without its issues as well. No more Euro problems for me, Lexus all the way now.
Dumbass.
Daddy's gonna be pissed
what do those letters mean?
Rear wheel drive and traction control.
Imagine if the yellow post stopped him
Me on forza, except this guy got real life issues.
That's a W211 E-Class Mercedes. Built from 2003 through 2009. There's a button on the center console that turns off traction control. It won't disable all the nannies, but it will allow someone to drift. Unfortunately, there's no talentless driver switch.
Everybody saying that's his father car. You know that a w211 can be 1000 dollars?
I saw exactly no drifting…. 🤷♂️
I did... With TC doing it's job to prevent it even more effectively 😂 😂 😂
Is that France? It looks like France
Militaria.pl has 10 stores in Poland. So probably not.
The faint "dumbass" as he crashes is 👌🏾
Drifting is generous
Nailed it!
These w211s came with some pretty beefy engines, but nothing on this earth will allow any of them to drift in the dry, not even dyno mode with no TC. They all have open diffs.
I bet he woulda just barely missed the pole and car if he didn’t turn the wheels straight at them
Brialliant . . . Just Brilliant.
Completely random Q: does anybody know what country this clip is from?
Somehow the street reminds me of Italy.
My guess is Poland given the .pl website on this building's marquee
https://imgur.com/a/uIBsnMh
Sharp eye! Thank you.
Whoa, drifting a RWD with TC? That's some nextalevel chaos mastery!
Classic fail, but that pole dodge was pro level.
Traction control on point. 🤣
So, not drifting.
Is this a Benz?
Haha, yeah, traction control's a lifesaver on slick roads like that.
That drift was smooth as hell, total chaos vibes!
Oh man, that TC trick sounds like a gameachanger for the w211!
That drift looks smooth as hell, TC nailed it!
Kristen Jenner attempts roundabout!
Why? Like the screeching tires is stuoid annnnd then into another car