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Off-road situations where traction control is undesireable
Busta wrote: TC is undesirable when you want to have fun sliding around in the mud. We found, much to my amusement, that my non-TC Jimny can lap a dirt oval faster than a 270hp Rangerover simply because the Jimny can get sideways and hold a slide without the computer saying no. The Rangerover is fast until you throw it into a corner. When the computers intervene and it's about as much fun as a mobility scooter.
The Jimny's TC is set to work in the 1500 to 2500 rpm range, so you can defeat it by revving it, but only in low range. In high range, as soon add one of the wheels exceeds 40kph, ESC reengages. This isn't really an issue as we found you can reach 100kph in 4L

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Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
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Pulling an Ifor Williams Horse trailer at 1100kg up a grassy hill. with same added weight and same conditions:
2006 VW T5 4 motion, I had to push the throttle hard to get up and use some wheel spin to get mud out of the tires. but the car got up easy with the trailer.
2010 Mitsubishi Montero diesel. the 4x4 system and or the TC limited the amount of revs to avoid wheel spin, so the car did not get enough throttle or power to get up the hill. did not get stuck of course, but i liked the VW where i could get it going much better. Could be there was a setting in the Mitsu 4x4 i could have chosen that would allow for more GO but i had just borrowed it to move the trailer so I didn't have the time.
Hoping the new Suzuki TC is more like a rally car, like the quattro, subaru or VW systems, and not like the Mitsubishi System.
I reserve the right to be an idiot and be allowed to give it too much revs myself.

Also tried a 2012 Amarok with all the electronic 4x4 stuff and it performs well but you will have to let the system work it's way and crawl along. Great to not get stuck and to get trough, but no real fun.
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