[R129 SL] traction control adam gage

[Jan Kuylaars]

So, that is what we can answer here in Holland. Normally when you drive and
give a lot of power to the back wheels, one of the wheels will break out and
the car drifts into the curve.
But if a not experience driver do so, the change with a 500 SL that he slips
of the road is very high. So when you have traction control and this
happens, the sensors mounted in the differential
Gives a signal to the engine  electronics. That signal drops in one second
the engine power down, so the drifting disappears and the car comes steady
straight. So that’s one of the excellent
Safety  things that also my wife can drive the car without worrying. I know
some guys who did not survived in this case when the drove in their Porsche
carrera. They say a good driver don’t need
ASR ( anti slip regulation) , but some times here in the winter I am very
glad it is in my car. Sometimes I only give a small amount off gas in the
curve, and the yellow warning light goes ´on
 remembering me that the road is slippery. But when you drive with snow
chains, and one wheel stands still, the other will make no move. You can try
this by pulling the backside up ,
so the wheels are free, and set the car in the first gear and give a little
gas. You do not know what’s happening. The back  wheels and layers shake
like they fall off because the sensors give
the engine constant orders to go up-go down. Put on the switch for snow
chains and the ASR is off. Now the wheels are rotate normally. So in the
snow one wheel can digging while the other
is standing still. Then when you driving with chains and the road becomes
less slippery, the switch automatically goes on ASR  when you drive 60
km/hour say 38 mile.
So without chains you can drifted true the curves when you set the switch
on, but above the speed limit the safety from MB automatically save perhaps
your life.
So only if your car can not get its power to the road and the wheels are
slipping, you will be some second  faster with the switch on , because the
engine will not be dropped down.

With kind Regards,
Jan Kuylaars
Technical manager Rian BV

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