One possibility is that the air pressure in the tires is high. The car is shipped and stored with higher air pressure then is recommended to keep tires from flat spotting.
Back in the day the Ford Contour sway bars would move and cause rubbing/noises. We used to just install a hose clamp on the outside of the bushing to keep it from moving. $2 investment.
I always buckle up now. I actually flipped my 89 LX 5.0L end over end multiple times and went thru the windshield. I was lucky to be alive without the seatbelt.
I just took car out and turned track mode on and then held traction control button till advance track off showed up on dash. The car spins tires with no computer interaction.
My car is weird like that too. If I turn off traction control in sport mode it will let me smoke tires in first and then once you shift into second you can feel car take power away like nannies are coming on. I have also tried every disable/mode.