What is the point of ASR Off Button?

[Kyles 202]

i see this button on my panel inside the car it says ASR off, what is the point of this button? when is it best to turn ASR off? is there any use in turning ASR off?
thanks,
Kyle

[rman]

turning it off engages the fun.

Do you know what ASR is? Probably not, since you are asking.

ASR is the "traction control", when the rear wheels slip, it regulates the power to them so that you don't slip and slide. Turning it off means you can spin your tires, do donuts, basically break the rear end loose.

[ryhi]

to do donuts and peel out like crazy in the rain.

[predrag1]

Originally posted by ryhi
to do donuts and peel out like crazy in the rain.

my car peels out like crazy in the rain with my band new tyres, Im afraid to step on it sometimes lol

doin some small slides here and there :p

dont have the button on my car

[Kyles 202]

does it help you accelerate more?
when it is snowy on the road should one turn off the ASR?

[OzC36]

There is information in the Operators Manual that suggests under some snowy conditions that it might be advantageous to turn ASR off.

[C280_Spawrt]

Originally posted by Kyles 202
does it help you accelerate more?
when it is snowy on the road should one turn off the ASR?
LOL! I would NOT sugges driving our cars in the snow...

[Logic]

basically hitting that button allows you to give the car gas while in a stand still mode say at a light and when the light turns green it takes off like a bitch but when the triangle is off when you give it gas at a stand still at a light when you hit it lags it cause the car is bascially taking control of the acceleration

[Len013091]

Speaking of traction control, is there a way to make our cars go into dyno mode. My E350 has it and dear God its scary. It turns off ABS, ESP, and BAS. I now know why this car needs 265 rear tires.... I think it would be cool if our cars could do this.