Check out this artical that ran In the Arizona Republic on Monday 5/30. Says "drivers who were unable to maintain control on the slippery course when the VDIM was turned off ...."
...Here's the link to artical "New Safety Sysytems Help Stop, Minimize Car Wrecks"

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...0safety30.html[/EMAIL]

430
Flint /Black/Sweet
900 miles

 

I thought you can turn off VDIM. Maybe those were special fitted for the demo

 

You can turn it off as long as you go less than 32MPH. Over that speed it turns back on.

Why did they choose that speed? I asked the dealer. It's because when cars are smog tested they are run on a stationary testing machine at 30MPH. If you couldn't turn off VIDM the system would kick in if it saw the back wheels spinning while the front were staying still.

 

If this is true than how will they dyno the car when the time comes for all the mods

 

I think it would be cool to have a VDIM-off switch. OK, OK, there can be a 'Caution' screen where 'I Agree' needs to be pressed, still it'd be *fun* to have the driver/human obtain FULL control, even if it is less accurate.

 

Ok, so "they " were able to turn it off, how can we? There must be a secret (is that special!) code that only Toyota techies know

 

Traction control Off ...yes. VDIM?

According to this article there must be a way.

 

I've been thinking about how we could turn it off and the only thing I could come up with is maybe there's a fuse that has to be pulled.. I haven't asked my tech guy at Lexus but I will before this weekend. Hopefully he'll know something..

 

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=165235

U can't turn VDIM off. He has to be talking about the Traction Control.

 

You can't turn it off, no one can except for Lexus. They made a few Gs430s that can switch off the VDIM to show the testers how helpful and what a difference this safety system makes.
check out those 2 links
http://autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102503
http://autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102485

 

Yes, but they should make ALL GS430 with the VDIM being able to be turned off by anyone, those testers would have ranked the GS even higher in their comparison tests for not limiting the fun factor of the car when desired.

 

Maybe if enough people tell their dealers about wanting the ability to turn off VDIM, Lexus might listen. We're all big boys and girls and we should be able to decide when and when not to use it..

 

With the exception of a few lateral slides, why turn off VDIM? It helps the car handle better than any professional driver ever could.

They day you can all manually control the individually 4 brake calipers yourself... that's the day I say we should have a switch to turn off the VDIM.

 

Just to shut the mouths of those automags writers. Yes, the VDIM should be on 99 % of the time if not all the time.