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Well I've had the 04 for just over three months and have put nearly 11,000 kilometres on it mostly highway travelling and mostly in the Yukon where there are a lot of gravel roads with little traffic. Imagine a 250 kilometre road where you only see 5 vehicles and those within 50 k of a community.
Anyway due to this kind of driving I have only had one or two occasions in which hard braking was necessary. Since when I am braking hard I try to pay attention to which way the front end is pointing at all times. However I did notice on one occasion an icon appear on the dash briefly. I believe the manual refers to this as the VSC symbol.
Can someone explain the VSC? What it is? How it works? How it differs from ABS?
I have looked for some kind of explanation but obviously am looking in the wrong places. :shock:
On an unrelated note. With three bikes mounted on a roof rack and driving like a human being during the break-in period (ie at or below the posted speed limit 90 or 100kmh) mileage ranged between 6.9L/100k and 7.4L/100k. With 8,000k on the clock under the same circumstances (3 bikes) and driving like other drivers on the same road (between 15 & 20k over the limit of 100kmh) mileage drops to 10.2L/100k. Typically, without the bikes but with the rack, mileage ranged between 5.4L/100k and 6.7L/100k with the lower figure reflecting law-abiding driving and the higher figure indicating driving similar to my fellow travellers. Average for the 11,000k was 7L/100k. Just thought someone might fing this interesting.
Duncan
Anyway due to this kind of driving I have only had one or two occasions in which hard braking was necessary. Since when I am braking hard I try to pay attention to which way the front end is pointing at all times. However I did notice on one occasion an icon appear on the dash briefly. I believe the manual refers to this as the VSC symbol.
Can someone explain the VSC? What it is? How it works? How it differs from ABS?
I have looked for some kind of explanation but obviously am looking in the wrong places. :shock:
On an unrelated note. With three bikes mounted on a roof rack and driving like a human being during the break-in period (ie at or below the posted speed limit 90 or 100kmh) mileage ranged between 6.9L/100k and 7.4L/100k. With 8,000k on the clock under the same circumstances (3 bikes) and driving like other drivers on the same road (between 15 & 20k over the limit of 100kmh) mileage drops to 10.2L/100k. Typically, without the bikes but with the rack, mileage ranged between 5.4L/100k and 6.7L/100k with the lower figure reflecting law-abiding driving and the higher figure indicating driving similar to my fellow travellers. Average for the 11,000k was 7L/100k. Just thought someone might fing this interesting.
Duncan