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[tunnie]

Have you got your Log Book yet? - I am still waiting for mine  

still waiting

Must be the reg change. I e-mailed the guy i bought mine off to double check he sent it.

At this rate, no time for an oil cooler project  

[Andy B]

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With winter comming up, I was wondering about TC ..............

It's a PITA don't bother.

[TheBoy]

I found the TC on my MV6 worked OK in the snow. All the BMW drivers weren't going anywhere coz their TC is shite, but Omegas were moving....

[Paul M]

I find it's a crock of turd on any car I've driven that has TC fitted. Usually better off fitting decent tyres and switching the damn thing off. Stability control on the other hand can get you outta the crap when the car starts going sideways unexpectedly, but I don't know of any Omegas that have it. On most cars you can switch it off for when you want to slide 8-) but I believe there are some where you can't switch it fully off

[TheBoy]

I've only ever driven 4 rwd vehicles on ice - a Morris Ital, A Ford Tranny, Omega, and 3 series BMW.

The ones without TC had a habit of spinning 180. BMW had to turn the bugger off, car wasn't moving, and again tendency to want to do a 180. Omega with TC on was the better by a long shot, though not sure if that was just due to how good the tyres were on my MV6. Though the MV6 was an auto, so far from ideal in those conditions...

[Markjay]

I suppose that TC does have it's merit under some driving conditions, but in my 8 years of Omega wonership I only saw the TC light come on around 5-6 times, usually when going over a fairly high speed bump (rear of car going sligthly up in the air).

But then again I only ever managed to get the ABS to cut-in on a couple of ocassions, yet it's a safety feature that I would like to have, so I guess if you count TC as a safety feature as well then it does serve a purpose... as do the aitbags and seat belts?

But as far as day-to-day driving is concerened, I don't see that it matters much if you have TC or not. Well not with my middle-age driving style anyway...

[TheBoy]

I suppose that TC does have it's merit under some driving conditions, but in my 8 years of Omega wonership I only saw the TC light come on around 5-6 times, usually when going over a fairly high speed bump (rear of car going sligthly up in the air).

But then again I only ever managed to get the ABS to cut-in on a couple of ocassions, yet it's a safety feature that I would like to have, so I guess if you count TC as a safety feature as well then it does serve a purpose... as do the aitbags and seat belts?

But as far as day-to-day driving is concerened, I don't see that it matters much if you have TC or not. Well not with my middle-age driving style anyway...
 

Ahhh...  

[Andy B]

I've only ever driven 4 rwd vehicles on ice - a Morris Ital, A Ford Tranny, Omega, and 3 series BMW.

The ones without TC had a habit of spinning 180. BMW had to turn the bugger off, car wasn't moving, and again tendency to want to do a 180. Omega with TC on was the better by a long shot, though not sure if that was just due to how good the tyres were on my MV6. Though the MV6 was an auto, so far from ideal in those conditions...

Morris Ital/Marina you poor bugger.
My auto Elite in snow last year was the same as the 3 series BMW you drove. I tried to turn right across the sludge of snow in the gutter up a slight incline onto the main road. I ended up with my foot buried in the carpet not actually going anywhere cos TC knows best!!  :-?
Must admit though a few years ago whenever it snowed I left the Senator at home and used the wife's FWD drive Cherry. 145 tyres just cut through the snow and went exactly where I wanted it to.  

[Markjay]

I suppose that TC does have it's merit under some driving conditions, but in my 8 years of Omega wonership I only saw the TC light come on around 5-6 times, usually when going over a fairly high speed bump (rear of car going sligthly up in the air).

But then again I only ever managed to get the ABS to cut-in on a couple of ocassions, yet it's a safety feature that I would like to have, so I guess if you count TC as a safety feature as well then it does serve a purpose... as do the aitbags and seat belts?

But as far as day-to-day driving is concerened, I don't see that it matters much if you have TC or not. Well not with my middle-age driving style anyway...
 

Ahhh...  

Am I to uderstand that you have the same problem with your TC light as TD has with his EML - i.e. it is on most of the time?  

Really, TheBoy, you should calm down a bit...  

[Timbuk]

Well not with my middle-age driving style anyway...






 

Middle-age doesn't exist when you are approaching Middle-ageness. Take my age for example '37' . When i was young, 37 was just 'Old' nothing else just 'Old'. Now i'm here i class myself as , well, shall we say 'Early Adulthoodnessish' .I can forsee that i will stay around this ' Early Adulthoodnessish' period for quite some time to come, possibly until i retire, then i think i would like to become Middle-aged.The only drawback with this theory is when I look at my sixteen year old daughter, I just feel sooooo bloody old

[Timbuk]

I've only ever driven 4 rwd vehicles on ice - a Morris Ital, A Ford Tranny, Omega, and 3 series BMW.

The ones without TC had a habit of spinning 180. BMW had to turn the bugger off, car wasn't moving, and again tendency to want to do a 180. Omega with TC on was the better by a long shot, though not sure if that was just due to how good the tyres were on my MV6. Though the MV6 was an auto, so far from ideal in those conditions...

No TC on the Ital, must have been an entry level model

[x25xe]

Those shops can't be more than 400yrds from you house - walk!

 

[Markjay]

...The only drawback with this theory is when I look at my sixteen year old daughter, I just feel sooooo bloody old

When I drive our teenage daughters, being a parent I am obviously an embaresment regardless of what I do or don't do. I offered to wear a brown paper bag with holes for my eyes when driving them around, but somehow they didn't agree....  

[Timbuk]

...The only drawback with this theory is when I look at my sixteen year old daughter, I just feel sooooo bloody old

When I drive our teenage daughters, being a parent I am obviously an embaresment regardless of what I do or don't do. I offered to wear a brown paper bag with holes for my eyes when driving them around, but somehow they didn't agree....  

Know the feeling :- I'm not getting in the car with you dressed like that Dad. Don't do that Dad. Dad you're embarrasing me. Drop me off round the corner Dad, I'll walk the rest!!

Ring any bells

[Markjay]

...and when I pick her up late at night from a school disco, I am not allowed to go in under any circumstances, I am to wait OUTSIDE until she comes out... Yes I can call her mobile, but she won't hear it ring anyway.

So I walk around on the grounds in small circles with my hands behind my back, waiting patiently, just to notice that I am one of several dads all doing the same, which for someone looking at us from a low-flying plane would seem like a bunch of pecking hens...