u can do it either way in my car. You can press the t/c button first to just turn it off then later hold it down to turn off the ESC.. I find it easier to just do it all at once. Do you have a GXP or just the Comp G as in your profile... From what i have read only the GXP have ESC so there woudl be no may to turn it off. If i remeber what i read correctly