[Slo-Mo-Shun]

So far, normal TC setting and D, with the occassional flick into sD. In the winter I'm more concerned about hitting a slippery spot and encountering major instability than with getting the slip angle just right for maximum corner exit speed.

I'm rethinking my approach. I've encountered a couple major hicups from the TC, where it kicked in, throttled back, and upset the car's balance at inopportune moments. Since we were well within the traction circle nothing bad happened, but the standard TC is clearly intended for grandma and probably limits a good driver's ability to get out of bad situations. Surprisingly, the TC on my dowdy Buick Park Avenue allows more wheel spin and actually lets me play "Micheal Shumacher In A Rain Race" when accelerating out of corners. Not so with the V--the standard setting seems far more intrusive. Very strange.

I'd use manual shifting, but as I've complained before, the shift pattern is backwards as to a sequential tranny race car, and I refuse to disturb my "muscle memory" and ingrained habit of "pull to upshift, push to downshift."