Skoda TPI & vRS whats the TCS button?

ported_head · 14th November 2005, 01:39

Funny, Skoda website says nothing about any sort of electronic nannying, except for ABS:
Skoda Auto India

The BSM website states otherwise, mentions Anti-Slip Regulation, Skoda talk for traction control: BS Motoring

Over zealous motoring hacks? Or, over stressed Skoda website team?

revtech · 14th November 2005, 01:40

i have but only thrice and in my excitement havent really noticed the button so i dint reply.

rev

Mad Monkey · 14th November 2005, 02:58

the Indian vRS does not have traction control aka TCS .....

this should be the end of it

duncan · 14th November 2005, 02:59

i have a showroom ... so have driven all the models skoda's got to offer buddy

nanu28 · 14th November 2005, 21:47

So what you guys are telling me is that tehre is no ESP/TCS switch in the indian vRS.
Duncan, can you tell me what the second switch from the left on the center console of the few vRS you have parked in your showroom for? Or maybe turn the manual to page 83, 84 and 85.
To me it reads out ESP. I think last time i read it....

duncan · 15th November 2005, 13:44

nanu dude i m not in touch with neone coz i aint in the country but as far as i know dude theres no tcs ... you should go check it up in person if you still aint convinced

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cyneverdie · 24th February 2008, 06:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by nanu28

Hey? Any of you vRS owners can you please tell me what exactly is the TCS button for, (in the vRS) wherre as in my TPI it is not there.....? (Means I cant really burn my tires...?)...
thanks

So what was it man? Dying to know.

ab1xlr8 · 24th February 2008, 20:48

there is no TCS on the vRS, its there on the superb though

shuvd · 24th February 2008, 23:54

Riders don't have TCS. Neither do the vRS(s).

Rehaan · 25th February 2008, 04:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by karthik247

So u shouldn't be havin too much of a problem burning ur tyres, unless u have an automatic

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techni...mission-t.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbo_lover

man i dont own a TDI but i know theres no way they are offering TCS in your TDI ...

Note the difference:
TDi = Diesel
TPi (rider?) = Petrol (Was launched a few months after the vRS. Its the same engine as the vRS, but without all the bells and whistles on the car)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nanu28

Or maybe turn the manual to page 83, 84 and 85.

Probably the same manual, but the indian versions dont have TCS it seems?

cya
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nanu28 · 25th February 2008, 10:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyneverdie

So what was it man? Dying to know.

Where did you find this thread...? Its so old I didnt even remember it ...
Anyhow..I really dont rememember now, it was over 2 years ago..now I am sure that car is god knows where, or it could have been something else and I would have been mistaken...

Anyway maybe the European Version has the TCS button and thats why it is in the mannual. Maybe when I test drove the car I was over whlemed by it so much that I must have mistaken something else for it.
Now I have a 1.8TPI and it doesnt have the TCS button I really couldnt care less, I love to hear the tires squeeeeal...and the turbo whilsle over the growl...

Cheers,

shuvd · 25th February 2008, 10:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by nanu28

Now I have a 1.8TPI and it doesnt have the TCS button I really couldnt care less, I love to hear the tires squeeeeal...and the turbo whilsle over the growl...

Cheers,

Amen, brother. I whole heartedly agree!

asr245 · 25th February 2008, 13:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by karthik247

Another way some ppl suggest of gettin a wheelspin in an automatic car is to put it in neutral, rev hard and suddenly shift into D. But then this should be very hard on the gearbox.

I did that some on my then 9yr old Honda Prelude (which I had about 6 yrs ago). Had to replace the gear-box after that.

androdev · 25th February 2008, 14:34

if all you want to know is what that button does (and not whether it is there or not):

it turns off the TCS so that computer doesn't do any traction control for you and you are on your own. Some symbol will light up (and stay on) on your instrument panel to warn you that TCS is off.

i don't know about vRS, but Laura L&K has ESP, which is TCS plus few more buzz words. and it works.. like when drive with half on tarmac and half on gravel.

ilovefls · 17th October 2008, 15:29

I own a Skoda vRS and there is no TCS button.

14th November 2005, 01:39	#16
ported_head Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 2,387 Thanked: 20 Times	Funny, Skoda website says nothing about any sort of electronic nannying, except for ABS: Skoda Auto India The BSM website states otherwise, mentions Anti-Slip Regulation, Skoda talk for traction control: BS Motoring Over zealous motoring hacks? Or, over stressed Skoda website team?
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revtech Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,992 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	i have but only thrice and in my excitement havent really noticed the button so i dint reply. rev
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Mad Monkey BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 274 Thanked: 456 Times	the Indian vRS does not have traction control aka TCS ..... this should be the end of it
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duncan BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: bombay Posts: 37 Thanked: 0 Times	i have a showroom ... so have driven all the models skoda's got to offer buddy
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nanu28 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bhopal Posts: 246 Thanked: 96 Times View My Garage	So what you guys are telling me is that tehre is no ESP/TCS switch in the indian vRS. Duncan, can you tell me what the second switch from the left on the center console of the few vRS you have parked in your showroom for? Or maybe turn the manual to page 83, 84 and 85. To me it reads out ESP. I think last time i read it.... Last edited by nanu28 : 14th November 2005 at 21:55.
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duncan BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: bombay Posts: 37 Thanked: 0 Times	nanu dude i m not in touch with neone coz i aint in the country but as far as i know dude theres no tcs ... you should go check it up in person if you still aint convinced Note from Mod : Post edited. Please take the time to type out your posts in full words as per Team-BHP rules. Avoid the use of SMS language (wid = with, dat = that, etc), and please take the time to re-read your post for typos before submitting. Last edited by Rehaan : 25th February 2008 at 00:03. Reason: Please see note in post.
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ab1xlr8 BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: mumbai Posts: 93 Thanked: Once View My Garage	there is no TCS on the vRS, its there on the superb though
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shuvd Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Calcutta Posts: 1,081 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	Riders don't have TCS. Neither do the vRS(s).
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androdev Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 3,089 Thanked: 21,985 Times	if all you want to know is what that button does (and not whether it is there or not): it turns off the TCS so that computer doesn't do any traction control for you and you are on your own. Some symbol will light up (and stay on) on your instrument panel to warn you that TCS is off. i don't know about vRS, but Laura L&K has ESP, which is TCS plus few more buzz words. and it works.. like when drive with half on tarmac and half on gravel.
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ilovefls BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 87 Thanked: 0 Times	I own a Skoda vRS and there is no TCS button.
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