Getting hammered with the storm here today so I had some time to play on the back roads with the passat. The traction control works great , just goose it and it does it's thing and pulls you straight. The handcraps with 38k on them were adequate and over all I was impressed with its ability to track straight and how it manages the tcs and stability control. Do I wish it had a button to disable traction control , yes. Do I think it's necessary , not really. Just need to step on the go pedal and let it do it's thing.