I am TC off all the time at the track... in fact I wish the car did not have TC so I did not have to keep turning it off... and sport button... why not let me select the default to "on"... that would be nice...

Just do what I'm doing and put a Syvecs plug and play in it. Then you can do anything you want!

YES...

The 964(RSA), 996.1 and 996.2 cars made me a (much) better driver ... the 6.2 is a rewarding challenge to drive fast ...

I'd trade my left b*ll (hell maybe even both of them) for a 996.2 RS...

thought i said this since 2007

I'm between beginner and intermediate, and I always keep them on. It only kicked in once, otherwise I would have spun out. A friend spun out in the exact same spot in hit GT2 and hit the wall, so better safe than sorry. I'm not looking to break any records.

I like the reading and I know I'm in the wrong forum. :-)
Did you ask the instructor why? Could be as simple as evaluating you on; traffic control, car management, flags, turn in, exit etc. With the nannies off, easier for instructor to feel the car mid corner and exit and how you are managing it when the car is not settled. We are all there to be safe for our selves and others. So drive the car 8/10 with all off with the instructor in the car. Then when you are alone, have it all on.

Mine does not have any nannies and why I'm driving on street tires, AD08R, my insurance for early warning and controlled slides. :-)

No, I mean SC or SC+TC. I do not have a PSM button.

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^ Gen II cars has them ....
Sometimes I turn the SC off but I leave them both on most of the time and don't really notice them working much, I also hire a pro who leaves them on while driving....

As a senior instructor, I don't want to be in the right seat with a green or yellow student when they run out of talent. To me, PSM means Porsche Saves Me as I've had two near incidents this season when PSM saved us from a possible incident. Most instructors know when the nannies are making the student a better driver than they actually are. If I'm doing a checkout ride for advancement to a higher run group then it's drivers choice.

This is the reason I drive with the 'nannies' on -- driver hits coolant or oil. I've got nothing to prove. Save the nanny-free driving for racing e30 $hitboxes and the like (no ABS either on those in race-prep).

BTW, you should never get out of car like this after crash unless on fire!!

I am going to go out on a limb and say PSM will not save you if you hit oil or coolant. Anyone have first hand experience ?

I can not claim to know how Porsche requires their system to be tuned, but remember these are street calibrations first and foremost. It will have been tuned to work in warm and cold and snow and ice. Therefore, it is highly probably that PSM is able to recognize that half the vehicle is on a low co surface (oil/coolant) and the other is on a high co surface. Now, I'm not sure how well that would work at higher speeds, but it may give you a chance to keep the vehicle out of the wall. In the end it is going to be driver dependent. If you're looking for ultimate lap times then you'll probably want the system off, but if you're not then it's completely up to the driver whether he wants the added safety net or not. If I am instructing some one new (new to me even) then I would want to ride along with the system on. I want that added safety net until the driver has proven they don't need it.

No guarantees but no doubt better chances of a save with PSM than without. If you read up, one of the responders attributed a save from coolant / oil to PSM.

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