If you're yanking the moron fuse that often, then why bother even putting it back in? Ever?
After 4 years in the SCCA, I get the idea that my right foot can do a better job modulating braking than a computer. What I'm saying is, plucking your fuse that often is overkill for a good many of us flatlanders when we are off-road.
If you're saying that unplugging your assist works for you, that's fine. If you're saying that unplugging fuses is for everybody, then that's not fine. Traction assisting technology (when the shit works...we are on a LR board here) is a pretty remarkable thing that shouldn't be interrupted the moment a wheel hits a puddle. The only morons depending on electronics are the ones who think those electronics will allow them to drive as if every day were clear, dry and sunny, and every surface were paved and smooth. The rest of us respect the systems for what they are...assists. Surely you don't pull fuses from your mom's Camry when you drive it, do you? Ever take the Camry on a dirt wash-board road? Do you pull the fuse? Do you only become a moron/dumb-to-average driver behind the wheel of certain vehicles? Telling folks to unplug the fuse all the time is like telling them they NEED a bunch of hard core do-dads for all off-road situations. Hell, a good number of the pictures I see in the gallery are on trails that a Subaru could handle. Why the heck tell people they need to disable ABS just for that?
Trails like Tellico and Hollister...that's another story. Pull that fuse.
And if you were on chains driving down that paved road at Christmas, I'm sure you had a reason, like maybe compacted snow? Ice? Then sure, dragging a locked and chained wheel would stop you quick. If the road was clear, then why the chains? Tempting your local DOT for a fine?
Like I said before, my mistake for directing the conversation to this in a thread started about rolling a Disco. Clearly for the trails they were on, he should have pulled the fuse. I get it that not everybody has the same isues when and where they wheel. So should all of us. Bet your ass that when I'm in HDC driving the dunes and cresting, I've got my hand on the e-brake. (they're little dunes
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