I'm driving to work this morning on Holcombe Bridge Rd. (those from Atl. know it), and I go into this sweeping curve with a big dip at the bottom. Well, it's raining and I'm going a bit too fast for conditions (sorry ociffer...) as I hit the dip and the standing water, and the car starts to hydroplane into the oncoming lanes! Before I can completely stain my seat the VSA takes over and the car straightens out like it was nothing. WooHoo for VSA! Now, about that Lexol for the leather...

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01 CL-S San Marino Red/Black, K&N drop in, no nav, rear wing, otherwise stock thus far, has an appetite for Bavarian cars.

 

Technology is a beautiful thing

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2001 Silver 3.2CLS
-Muds, Spoiler, Hardwire 8500, Prolarg M-6 lamps
Planning: Comptech Headers, Sways, CAI

 

Lived in Atlanta for a while. The roads suck. You need VSA.

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01 3.2 CLS Non-Navi
San Marino Red
Tinted 35% all the way
Winter Rubber mats
Piaa High Beam lights (Not worth it)

 

Your ass? What happened to the rest of your body? Are you sure it was the VSA and not you reacting?

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Red 3.2 CL-S.
"Life is too short not to be Italian." -Paul Sorvino
"How do you expect your date to turn over if your engine doesn't?" -Original
"Too many news programs have become public relations friendly" -Bill Oreilly
"People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives." - J. Michael Straczynski

 

just wait until May when all this snow starts melting

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Black 2001 Type S
*Eibach Pro-Kit (Waiting to be installed)
*Xephyr Cold Air Intake
*PIAA 19169 Road Lamps
*Rockford 500a2 [FOR SALE]
*Pioneer 12" @ 400w (x2) [FOR SALE]
*77237-SOK-A02
---Still 2 rims not scratched---

 

Knowing the traffic on Holcombe Bridge Rd. in the morning you definitely got out of a jam. Not a fun situation to be in.

 

Yeah, VSA saved my ass a couple of time too!

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Drive Fast Live Fast!

 

"Your ass? What happened to the rest of your body? Are you sure it was the VSA and not you reacting?"

Well, my reaction was to turn into the skid because the tail was already trying to come around, but that put me headon into the oncoming traffic so I went the other way with it. (better to hit the tail than the left front quarter) After I got the seat out of my ass I saw the VSA ! still blinking so I gotta figure it was helping. The whole incident seemed very fast. I guess I could attempt to replicate the scenario without the VSA on so you can be sure...NOT.

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01 CL-S San Marino Red/Black, K&N drop in, no nav, rear wing, otherwise stock thus far, has an appetite for Bavarian cars.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by fbazakos:
[B] just wait until May when all this snow starts melting

May what the Hell. Spring is in April.



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01 3.2 CLS Non-Navi
San Marino Red
Tinted 35% all the way
Winter Rubber mats
Piaa High Beam lights (Not worth it)

 

Actually... everyone who gets a new car shoudl find a vacant parking log and put their car into a little spin just once. Just to see what their car is cabable of, and to know how to get out of one in an emergency. Like doing a backup. If your IT department never did a restore you're in trouble. The first time they do a restore should not be when the system gets botched.

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Red 3.2 CL-S.
"Life is too short not to be Italian." -Paul Sorvino
"How do you expect your date to turn over if your engine doesn't?" -Original
"Too many news programs have become public relations friendly" -Bill Oreilly
"People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives." - J. Michael Straczynski

 

Parking lot good...
Major road bad...
I think I found the limits this morning for wet roads - at least with the Michelin tires anyway.

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01 CL-S San Marino Red/Black, K&N drop in, no nav, rear wing, otherwise stock thus far, has an appetite for Bavarian cars.

 

Makes sense. I didn't realize the stock tires were that bad. I'll probably go with Goodyear when its time. How many miles do stock tires last?

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Red 3.2 CL-S.
"Life is too short not to be Italian." -Paul Sorvino
"How do you expect your date to turn over if your engine doesn't?" -Original
"Too many news programs have become public relations friendly" -Bill Oreilly
"People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives." - J. Michael Straczynski

 

After driving this car everyday now for the past four months I have changed my first upgrade to TIRES!

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2001 Silver 3.2CLS
-Muds, Spoiler, Hardwire 8500, Prolarg M-6 lamps
Planning: Comptech Headers, Sways, CAI

 

that is so cool..i love vsa too..... protect our car and save us...cool feature...glad we have that in cl-s

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2001 Acura Red CL Type S.
1997 Honda Civic EX.
!!!! VTEC Power !!!!
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Funny you mention this. I live in stockbridge and cant tell you how many times the VSA has saved my ass hydroplanning up I-75. And yes the roads here really suck . but the downside is that if they try and fix them traffic will be 1000000000 % worse , so leave them , I have VSA. the rest of the people should have bought a CL-S too.



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2001 Acura CL Type S
San Marino red
non nav.