slo007

I spun the rear of my TSX for the first time last week. I made a wide left turn in a T-intersection at 40 mph, then narrowed the turn half way. As I made the turn sharper, the rear of the car lost ground and spun out.

As I reached the end of the turn, the rear was about 4-7 ft off the intended path. I brought it in-line by adjusting the steering wheel to the intended path, meanwhile applying a little of the accelerator to pull the car where I wanted to go. It worked great, and rear came into place without fish-tailing to the opposite side.

To my surprise, VSA never kicked in (didn't see the light, nor felt or heard the ABS go on).

The (non-intended) maneuver made a little bit of tire noise, but only enough to attract some stares by nearby drivers.

Now that I've found the edge, I know what not to do next time.


PS: The road was dry & clean, location is off ramp from I-5 into Manchester (east).

MemRheins

yeah the TSX can have a little bit of tail wagging...sounds like u controled it nicely...

well 2 things.... first off this is why I reccomend for everyone to find somewhere safe thats not a public road next time it snows, and spin out....e-brake whatever...just so you learn what the car does, honestly I sware it has probilbly Saved me once or twice in a bad situation...

2ndly: From what I hear a aftermarket rear sway bar should stop this from happening, guys have posted it does wonders for our car

Tsx536

Get a Sway Bar

cgmb16

I accidentally discovered this the second day of owning this car.

JTso

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Get some better tires. Btw, good save.

novatsx

supraken

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I'm not sure, but last week, I purposely went to see how the car felt on snow with and without VSA. I went to a parking lot and did some quick turns to make to car skid and fishtail.....

with VSA on, the car corrected its path rather quickly. let's say if I pulled the ebrake, the tail will swing around but will correct itself to the steering quickly, and I don't recall any lights (ABS only at times) coming on either unless while accelerating.

and with VSA off, the car skidded like I expected it to, and if I pull the ebrake, the tail will swing all the way around until I apply light throttle and counter steer

Although VSA light didn't come on, I can defintely tell that the VSA kicked in.....

slo007

Err, snow? It's 80 degrees outside...

Good recommendations, though.

slo007

It's a nice idea, but I'm saving for bigger things right now.

I'll just have to drive slower.