This is a great review, but one thing confused me....


http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=47&i=10486

Under "handling"...there is a bit that mentions the car has electronic traction control.

and that it can be turned off..

Am I missing something??
I cant seems to find a button in my car?
I was under the assumption that there was no TC.
All i have a is a button for the C Diff set to auto or manual

 

Its the BRIGHT button ...... used to be used for the clock, its now Traction Control.

Be careful if you turn it off, mind you!!

Pete

 

I feared for the dampers!!!

 

What bright button???? Can't see a bright button anywhere ?????

pslewis, please explain where it is

STilover

 

The classic shape car had it down by the heater controls, all it did was alter the brightness of the clock in the dash. Newer cars don't have it - it was totally useless.

The only electronic TC on any scooby is the DCCD-A on JDM and '05 Euro STIs, and it can be switched between auto and manual, that's all.

 

yep the bright button does still exist on new age cars it has just migrated to the left-hand stalk

 

Newer cars still have it ..... because it was pretty much a useless thing, they now use it as the Traction Control Switch.

Its postion is different, thats all.

Pete

 

A useless bit of trivia.... and nothing to do with TC....

Newage brightness switch (on the stalk) controls the brightness of the clock, the odometer...... and even the outside temp gauge!

Did you also know you can adjust the brightness of the standard stereo by pressing and holding the right hand 'large ****' down for 2 seconds.

J.

 

im sure this is correct...

 

Theres a lot of things that are 'hidden' in the Impreza ................ I remember being shown how, if you press the ODO Button/**** for longer than 60 seconds the Mileage starts counting down!!

It loses 1 mile a second, so a 60 mile loss takes 1 minute, 3600miles over 1 hour .............. hardly worth doing (but, I suppose if you taped the button in overnight, you would lose 28,800miles in 8 hours!!)

But, like I said - not many could be arsed?

Pete

 

WTF have they slipped in your drink this evening?

I stand corrected on the presence of a 'bright' button on the newage car; my car has 5 stage variable illumination for all the dash clocks, but that's a unique JDM feature. I didn't think the UK car had the switch at all any more.

There's still no TC in the traditional sense on any scooby, though - just the active centre diff on higher spec STIs.

 

cheers mate ...thats what I thought,

Should be doing a track day in the scoob in a couple of months, so I will write a report on how well the Active diff works then.

 

Nope didn't know that one, I'd give it a try but I dimmed my oem head unit quiet effectively by smashing it with a hammer and chucking it in a skip..!

No not really, I'll give this one a go.

Where did you find this out and do you have any more..?

 

Nope didn't know that one, I'd give it a try but I dimmed my oem head unit quiet effectively by smashing it with a hammer and chucking it in a skip..!

No not really, I'll give this one a go.

Where did you find this out and do you have any more..?