I guess its one of the 'newer model' features. It even mentions it in the manual. Like I say, I'm not sure how useful it is, I've never been bothered to try it 'on the road', but useful if I ever decide to do a RWYB day at Santa Pod.bowfer said:Mine doesn't have any launch control.
alanjonesbath said:but useful if I ever decide to do a RWYB day at Santa Pod.
Why on earth do you feel the need to say things like that? Does it really serve a purpose other than to insult and anger others?bowfer said:I feel sorry for the bloke behind you in the queue.
He'll have a looooong wait for you to get out of the way...
;-)
alanjonesbath said:Why on earth do you feel the need to say things like that? Does it really serve a purpose other than to insult and anger others?
If you don't like your automatic, sell the ****** thing.
Now you tell memarriedblonde said:Alan,
And before anyone tells me they have taken their 2.0Tdi up the strip I don't care. So have i and it didn't exactly set the world alight!
J.
Go on then, what do you consider to be a 'fast car' then, if a car that can do 130mph and 0-60 in 9 seconds is slow? We can't all afford Ferraris; we accept what we have is what we have. Whats wrong with doing a RWYB day? The whole point is to see what your car is capable of surely? If I wanted to 'compete' in sprints, I wouldn't have bought a diesel automatic would I? At the RWYB days, they group similar cars together, and there are pleanty of cars there that go up the strip with PD130/PD150 TDIs in them, I've seen a few 1.4's etc. go up on these days as well. If you want to take these things seriously then fair enough, most of us just want to have a bit of fun.bowfer said:Nothing personal meant,it's just that it's a very slow car.
Taking it to a drag strip would,IMO,be a tad embarrassing.
Remember,I've timed my car myself.
26 seconds to 100mph..
Count out 26 seconds..
Long time innit ?
Now imagine doing that in front of people with much faster cars.
Nuff said.
I wish one of the 170 owners on here would do a 0-100 test sometime.
I'm dying to know how much of a difference there is,even roughly.
Where is the small print? I've just checked mine, page 155 of the manual (dated 11/2006), it says it 'Applies to S-tronic gearbox'. Can't see any mention of it applying only to the 6-cyl engines. What happens when you follow the procedure mentioned? I'm just wondering now because when I followed it, it certainly 'appeared' to 'launch', so I'm just wondering what happens on yours? Mine just accelerates and goes, no drop in revs or anything like that.SamDude said:It mentions it in the manual - yes.
But if you read the small print/disclaimer, it states that it only works on 6-cyl vehicles.
Only the 3.2 petrol is a 6'er, not the 2.0 TDI...
I tried the procedure a number of times before I read the manual properly...
alanjonesbath said:Where is the small print? I've just checked mine, page 155 of the manual (dated 11/2006), it says it 'Applies to S-tronic gearbox'. Can't see any mention of it applying only to the 6-cyl engines.
What happens when you follow the procedure mentioned? I'm just wondering now because when I followed it, it certainly 'appeared' to 'launch', so I'm just wondering what happens on yours? Mine just accelerates and goes, no drop in revs or anything like that.
SamDude said:When I lifted the brake, it took a moment to compose itself and then went off. The momentary delay was definately not 'launch' material and the acceleration is the same as flooring it with ESP off anyway...
steve184 said:Bowfer - i did a test last night - 60-100 took approx 12 secs (and the 0-60 is supposedly 7.8) so add the two together and a 170 is roughly 20secs to 100.
Not dead accurate but gives you an idea. And i'm pretty sure 3rd gear goes wayyyy past 60 in my car... i must check!
steve184 said:i was wrong actually my car hits 60 in 3rd but only just - this is the exact point the gearbox changes up itself to 4th as it is on the limiter
Same 3rd gear gearing as the 140 then.
They've maybe changed the 4th gear ratio to improve pick up after the change from 3rd to 4th or (just as likely) the extra 30bhp makes all the difference.
huh? 7.8 compared to 9.5? Seems like a fairly large difference to me....Bowfer said:Not much difference to 60
DIABLO636 said:DSG is quicker because the gear change is quicker not because of better gearing in the dsg box to aid a quicker 0-60 time.
bowfer said:I'm sure,if you check,DSG cars have lower 1st,2nd and 3rd gearing than the manual.
That,to me,proves they did it deliberately to get the 0-60mph time down.
They obviously knew,if they kept the gearing the same,the 0-60mph time would be slower than the manual.
Which would hurt sales.
OutLore said:huh? 7.8 compared to 9.5? Seems like a fairly large difference to me....
marriedblonde said:Ausi changed the quoted figures of the 0-62 sprint...
They must have,coz it used to be something like a claimed 8.7 for my car.
Certainly not as high as 9.5,that's for sure.
Moving the goalposts to make the 140 look bad and the 170 look better ???
Hmmm...