My 99 I30 was originally bought by my mother when it was brand new. It has an automatic transmission. I was talking to my Dad last night about the maintenance history of the car. While talking about the Traction Control problem, one of the tangent to that conversation was that he pretty sure it had the optional LSD. He said he picked this one on the lot over another because of that. The FAQ on these car was the VLSD was only on the I30T's, so I was a little surprised that he mentioned it.

Is the differential information on the body tag?

 

look on teh vin plate. where the tranny code is, if the last letter is an A then u are an open diff.

 

Thanks, that is what I was looking for. I went out and looked at my VIN plate on the firewall. I have a V, so I guess that I do have LSD. That is a nice surprise

 

nice as it is, apparently, it hasn't done you any tangible good over the last 11 years

 

I have only owned the car for 5 weeks. I notice that I haven't spun the tires on hard acceleration, but it also has traction control. However, I haven't really tried to spin them though either (not my cup tea).