Quote Originally Posted by topherchrisb View Post
I'm seeing a common theme in relation to the traction control feature... and thinking about it edwardb has a great point about those systems being matched to the car. I can't expect retrofitting a system to such a unique platform be easy in terms of making it functional, let alone being able to tune it to the degree it's worth all the effort. Maybe my time is better spent on teaching the wife how to drive? That or make it complicated enough to drive she doesn't want to drive it? I don't know if that's possible though as we have a Model T I'm about to get completely running and explaining to her how to drive that she is still pretty excited to take out for a spin one day.
So my question to you is have you actually driven one of these? Not easy because most (including me) give rides but don't allow others to drive. If you haven't, I can only say I'll bet you'll be surprised how easy and well mannered they are to drive. Granted there's a lot of power and things can change in a hurry. But with a nice running engine like the Coyote, a well setup chassis with power steering (increased caster), IRS, good brakes, etc. it's a very nice driving car. Other than manual shift, which not everyone knows how to use these days, everything else about driving the car is pretty easy. I still remember my first drive in our first Mk3. I had never driven one myself until my first build was done. After reading all the scary comments and "it will kill you" posts, I was afraid the thing was going to jump off the road and run me into a tree. Seriously... What I found instead was what I described above. Builds since then with better parts have only gotten better. Not to downplay the seriousness of respecting what you have and using your foot and brains as I described, these cars are not hard to drive. Maybe that's a little bit of the problem. Drivers can become complacent and then get over their heads.