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Old 09 May 2004, 12:08 pm
MichaelDay MichaelDay is offline
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The traction control on the PT senses when one wheel is spinning and pulses the brake to that wheel. It is certain not as effective a system as a limited slip differential. It does help somewhat on sand or gravel or wet pavement. It is tied into the anti-lock brake system and monitors the opposite characteristic (the anti-lock brake system determines when a wheel has stopped turning and pulses the brake on that wheel).

Since I have never driven my PT in snow, I will defer to others that have.

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