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Old 03-11-2016, 01:39 PM
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Not quite in the same ball park, but my 2011 GMC pickup, 5.3, 3.73 posi, standard bed, standard cab (quite lightweight). Has traction control/stabili-track that is very impressive. If I get caught in the snow before I have the studs on, and the extra weight in the back, (2WD) it would almost be undriveable without the traction control.

Feeling it apply brakes to a single wheel to pull the rear back in line is pretty impressive.

It did something real impressive a week or so ago. I have the studs on now, so, no tire pressure sensor in the rear wheels. The TPS warning light is on all the time in this situation, I'm used to that ... so, I get in the truck on a day about -20 below zero and I see a low pressure warning on the right rear ... I ignore it because A: there is no pressure sensor in the rear wheels B: It's very cold so the reduced tire pressure triggers the warning.

At the next opportunity I checked the tires .... the Right Rear was indeed the only tire with low pressure .... evidently the computer figured this out, WITHOUT a TPS sensor, by the traction control system consistently reading different revs on that wheel compared to the others ... only way it could have done it.

Sometimes these new fangled vehicles are pretty impressive