Is VSA worth the extra cost?

[draw2much]

I think so. I view VSA similar to seatbelts and airbags. You might only need it once for the entire life of the vehicle, but that once it may save your life.

I'd get the Sport with VSA if not for the NAVI. My husband is super paranoid about NAVIs in general because he doesn't like people "knowing where he's going". Not that he goes any where interesting. And he's got no problems with caring cell phones. (I didn't say it made sense, it's just how he is.... >_< )

[cargun]

Originally Posted by SportMTNavi

Please back up your rant with data.

I'm sure I am one of those people you wrote about who need all the help they can get to stay on the road. If you have anything helpful to say, I'd be happy to listen. I have thousands of miles driving with both GM and Honda VSA and would recommend either system.

If you know some reason I should turn my Honda system off when I drive, feel free to share it.

While stability control has never caused me to wreck... I've been put in hairy situations a few times by a Toyota Sequoia and a Jeep Wrangler JK that both have non-defeatable systems. The Jeep teased me with an "off" button, but it didn't really turn the system off.

Sounds like Honda has a decent system, which is good for those that have it. I'm just saying the technology is currently at the point in development that you can't say witha blanket statement that "stability control is good". Remember the early days of ABS when many of those systems would dramatically lengthen stopping distances in deep snow or gravel and render the brakes pretty much useless on really rough terrain, such as coming up to a stop sign on a washboard gravel road? I think stability control is still in that stage of it's development... at least with some manufacturers, but just like ABS I think when everyone gets the technology and implementation figured out it'll be a good thing.