tires skipping during hard acceleration with psm off

[ohhh my]

Thanks for the explanation. Perhaps i wasn't clear in my original post, the reason for me trying this was just to see how much traction I have before the tires breaking loose. I believe it's good practice to know your cars limitations/capabilities, especially if you change brand tires.

[Spinnaker]

Now that I re-read your original post, I understand what you were doing. I did the same thing when I first got my Boxster, wanted to see how much traction the tires had when the road was wet so I could get a better feeling for the amount of grip to expect. Didn't want to get too tail happy by accident.

[fatmike]

I get wheel hop when I leave my neighborhood on occasion.

I have to turn right and accelerate rapidly up a steep hill. It's noticeable when there is bad traction if the road is wet or sandy, etc. But, if you modulate the throttle it's easy to prevent. That is the only spot that it happens, and it won't happen if you're even a little aware of the potential.

[ProjectM96]

This happens to me too. Another thing. Is the Boxster's traction control really that effective?

With my traction control on, I still spin out the tires when accelerating in cold weather(because summer tires), and in parking garages(because smooth cement). I barely hit the gas and the wheels spin and my traction control light blinks rapidly.

Is the traction control supposed to allow some wheel spin?

[rene525d]

http://www.deter.com/porsche/PSM.txt

A very good explanation of how PSM works.