Discovered that the primitive traction control is
waaaaay over-sensitive and an absolute liability when maneuvering slowly. Like
walking speed.
I let her pull herself off the driveway with barely a breath of throttle. I'm on compacted snow/ice and facing up a shallow hill, so
of course some slippage is to be expected, right? TC kicked in and switched off the rear bank. So, abruptly, I've got a car pulling itself along at near-idle and only firing on every other cylinder. Adding more throttle will just spin the brand-new tyres so...
Stall.
"Okay Tiger, I understand you don't
know it's snowing, so I'm going to ask you to trust me."
*Mashes traction control button*
"Now, I'm going to give you some input that you're not going to be happy about. When you come across that input, I want you to simply ignore it, and continue with what you have been asked to do. I won't hurt you, and I won't let any harm come to me. Okay? Okay."
And off we went, no problem at all.
