It sounds to me like your ASC is not working correctly. I have ASR on my 98 and I like it very much. My does have a "off" button but I am not sure that it turns it off all the way. I will check on that. Anyway I have found it works really well. Never tried it in deep snow however. Just ice.

Mike

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra