[Gemcoska]

Well I'd just rather push the car on a crash where there's run off rather than ending up at the bottom of the Malibu Canyons.

From the Owner's Manual:
"Only at the absolute limit of stability does the system intervene[...] In such situations, additional corrective steering maneuvers may be necessary"

Granted the manual is super conservative, but chances are, if you need the stability control, its because you are flying by the limits of the the car's stability, not eeking up on it. The computer can only do so much, the rest is inertia. I guess I'm just jaded from riding Palos Verdes in my buddy's Z4 and he went straight when the road went left b/c he decided he was coming in too hot. I felt the DSC and the ABS kick in, but it was just like floating.