yes i could feel difference in articulation. and because VDC kinda compensates that in some level, still having more traction with more articulation makes VDC cuts engine power less, because i cant switch off just traction control as later models can , so any traction im staying in for longer times improves my capabilitys.
VDC works well in situations when 2 wheels does have no traction in air it compensates then to those other wheels and car can move. but just in some level. it cant do that if i in very steep hill or its just dont have enough power to move car. but if it cant move car it dont waste any power for it and dont spin wheels for no reason not braking CV's not using tires for no reason.
sway bars off made difference where before i had wheels in air just so quick and now i still have them on ground as VDC cant compensate all. so if my front wheel drops lower and touches ground and with that i have grip because my sway bar not stoping that im glad for that. and i can drive car at high speeds and change lanes and such still no prob. i just get used to it and now car feels like normal car for me, because i got used to it. dont feel nothing dangerous yet in that.
2 wheels in air or lost traction, first they spin but in second VDC figures out what need to be done so car could go forward so its stops those wheel that do nothing
and you can mess up VDC system if you keep stoping accelerate and then do it again and then drops as you could think you need to do when yo ustuck, but traction control systems most of them works in same way, you need to show it you want to go forward, means just keep accelerating not stopping that.
so you can find that some people messing up VDC systems and then blame that they dont work.
here very nice point when VDC starts to work. again just 2 wheels have some traction.
there non VDC cars would just continue spin wheels non stop and dont go nowhere just dig themselfs down.
and maybe thats why it work so well on snow. as all wheels still on ground just they dont need to spin so fast, plus 2nd gear fixed works miracles on snow.
and more articulation for VDC means it can find better traction and use it better and quicker . and when your all wheels have traction but they all spin then VDC can just save the day and make it so easy you wouldnt even understand it was any hard.
as VDC in those older models likes to cut engine power so often to compensate and often makes things worse, when its better articulation it dont need to cut engine power so often maybe makes it and my life much easier i guess. everytime i drive it and test it learn some new things about it really. and next time im using that knowledge to my advantage.
