Traction Control Audi S8 (cant be disabled?)

[SilverS8]

This morning was the first for this winter with below 0 temperature so some roads was pretty icy.

I have been looking forward just to test how the S8 would do in sideways action so i turned off ESP(and thought like on other cars the Traction control would also be disabled) and floored it around a nice smooth corner..

WHAT? still got traction controll?

Is there no way to turn of the Traction control for those fun moments?

[ainarssems]

Take out ABS fuse? It works on many cars not sure about A/S8 as mine is PF without ESP or TC. As far as the ESP goes I do not think button turns it off completely just makes it less intrusive. If you take out ABS fuse ESP does not know what is going on with wheel speeds so it does not work.

[HPsauce]

The manual for my PF S8 is pretty clear that there's no Traction Control (ASR) when the ESP is switched off - not that I've actually ever been tempted to try it.
It even suggests specific circumstances when this might be helpful to do, and obviously says turn it back on ASAP.
(ABS still works of course)

I think later models only have a "reduce" button, not an "off" but I'm not sure when that came in.

[ainarssems]

Or you can try to change ECU coding to tell it there is no ESP in car. That would be change from 11753 to 11653

[SilverS8]

Thank you for all the replies

I gotta figure out something since i want the ESP working 95% of the time. its just for the few times when the kid inside me awakes.

Maybe some sort of switch for the ABS fuse would do the trick but at the same time the ABS can be pretty nice to have when you find out this was not the best place to have fun and need to stop asap

[Nollywood]

Personally, I wouldn't want to disable TC in an S8. I guess being a family man makes all the difference, but that's just me...