Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[johnnydog]

A relative of mine a good few years ago had an BMW M3 with launch control. When he took it for some warranty repairs at BMW (nothing to do with the drive line or transmission), he was warned that the diagnostics on the car showed it had had two previous activated launch control starts, and that certain future warranty work may be declined should the number of launches exceed a number (I'm not sure what) not short if the two recorded.
Begs the question, why would a car manufacturer have such a system on a performance car, to basically say its use is restricted? Seems crazy to me....

[STEMO]

She now has around 2300 miles under her wheels and feels quicker than when I first had her.

Launch control...... put the car in either sport or sport plus, then switch of all traction control. Press down hard on the brake and pin the accelerator to the floor. Then release.

Not a proper M car but surprisingly quick.

It is illegal to travel faster than 70 MPH in the UK, so both acceleration runs recorded on a private track.

What's the point of paying for a 'proper M car' to shave a few tenths off your already very fast time?

[YZ250]

A relative of mine a good few years ago had an BMW M3 with launch control. When he took it for some warranty repairs at BMW (nothing to do with the drive line or transmission), he was warned that the diagnostics on the car showed it had had two previous activated launch control starts, and that certain future warranty work may be declined should the number of launches exceed a number (I'm not sure what) not short if the two recorded.
Begs the question, why would a car manufacturer have such a system on a performance car, to basically say its use is restricted? Seems crazy to me....

My BMW handbook clearly states that excessive use of launch control causes premature wear on the drivetrain. It probably says the same in my Audi handbook but I haven’t bothered reading it. 

Proper quick car you’ve got there Opti. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

A relative of mine a good few years ago had an BMW M3 with launch control. When he took it for some warranty repairs at BMW (nothing to do with the drive line or transmission), he was warned that the diagnostics on the car showed it had had two previous activated launch control starts, and that certain future warranty work may be declined should the number of launches exceed a number (I'm not sure what) not short if the two recorded.
Begs the question, why would a car manufacturer have such a system on a performance car, to basically say its use is restricted? Seems crazy to me....

My BMW handbook clearly states that excessive use of launch control causes premature wear on the drivetrain. It probably says the same in my Audi handbook but I haven’t bothered reading it. 

Proper quick car you’ve got there Opti. 

I think this happened to me!                                                     

[YZ250]

A relative of mine a good few years ago had an BMW M3 with launch control. When he took it for some warranty repairs at BMW (nothing to do with the drive line or transmission), he was warned that the diagnostics on the car showed it had had two previous activated launch control starts, and that certain future warranty work may be declined should the number of launches exceed a number (I'm not sure what) not short if the two recorded.
Begs the question, why would a car manufacturer have such a system on a performance car, to basically say its use is restricted? Seems crazy to me....

My BMW handbook clearly states that excessive use of launch control causes premature wear on the drivetrain. It probably says the same in my Audi handbook but I haven’t bothered reading it. 

Proper quick car you’ve got there Opti. 

Just to clarify, I’m not saying that anyone takes any notice of this warning though.     

[Viral_Jim]

Nice, jolly sprightly!

Quicker than the tweaked XF do you think?

[countrywoman]

Nearly as quick as my old drag car (11.4 @120 1/4) and that had 360hp but proper drag chassis/suspension. Bet it was slower to 60 ft though 1.5 sec for mine. Still that is one quick motor for road use.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Car (almost standard) with the exception of a used JB+ plugged into the TMAP sensor, supposedly adding an extra 3.5PSI of boost.

Car would hit 60 in 3.8 seconds as standard though.

[Doctor Gollum]

A relative of mine a good few years ago had an BMW M3 with launch control. When he took it for some warranty repairs at BMW (nothing to do with the drive line or transmission), he was warned that the diagnostics on the car showed it had had two previous activated launch control starts, and that certain future warranty work may be declined should the number of launches exceed a number (I'm not sure what) not short if the two recorded.
Begs the question, why would a car manufacturer have such a system on a performance car, to basically say its use is restricted? Seems crazy to me....

My BMW handbook clearly states that excessive use of launch control causes premature wear on the drivetrain. It probably says the same in my Audi handbook but I haven’t bothered reading it. 

Proper quick car you’ve got there Opti. 

Is the CVT in the Audi capable of launching anything but itself 

[STEMO]

A relative of mine a good few years ago had an BMW M3 with launch control. When he took it for some warranty repairs at BMW (nothing to do with the drive line or transmission), he was warned that the diagnostics on the car showed it had had two previous activated launch control starts, and that certain future warranty work may be declined should the number of launches exceed a number (I'm not sure what) not short if the two recorded.
Begs the question, why would a car manufacturer have such a system on a performance car, to basically say its use is restricted? Seems crazy to me....

My BMW handbook clearly states that excessive use of launch control causes premature wear on the drivetrain. It probably says the same in my Audi handbook but I haven’t bothered reading it. 

Proper quick car you’ve got there Opti. 

Is the CVT in the Audi capable of launching anything but itself 

It doesn't launch itself, there's one too many a's in that word. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

That's very quick, Opti, mind the old ticker 

It hit 30 MPH in just 1.19seconds from rest which is 1.15g of acceleration.....so if I wasn't just 34 years of age it could probably give me a heart attack.  

It's actually quite unpleasant initially.

[YZ250]

A relative of mine a good few years ago had an BMW M3 with launch control. When he took it for some warranty repairs at BMW (nothing to do with the drive line or transmission), he was warned that the diagnostics on the car showed it had had two previous activated launch control starts, and that certain future warranty work may be declined should the number of launches exceed a number (I'm not sure what) not short if the two recorded.
Begs the question, why would a car manufacturer have such a system on a performance car, to basically say its use is restricted? Seems crazy to me....

My BMW handbook clearly states that excessive use of launch control causes premature wear on the drivetrain. It probably says the same in my Audi handbook but I haven’t bothered reading it. 

Proper quick car you’ve got there Opti. 

Is the CVT in the Audi capable of launching anything but itself 

I'll probably never know.    As an older gentleman with a reformed driving style I'm more at risk of clogging up my dpf through slowness than using launch control. 

[TheBoy]

I'll probably never know.    As an older gentleman with a reformed driving style I'm more at risk of clogging up my dpf through slowness than using launch control. 

I smell the rear end of a male cow....

[Doctor Gollum]

A relative of mine a good few years ago had an BMW M3 with launch control. When he took it for some warranty repairs at BMW (nothing to do with the drive line or transmission), he was warned that the diagnostics on the car showed it had had two previous activated launch control starts, and that certain future warranty work may be declined should the number of launches exceed a number (I'm not sure what) not short if the two recorded.
Begs the question, why would a car manufacturer have such a system on a performance car, to basically say its use is restricted? Seems crazy to me....

My BMW handbook clearly states that excessive use of launch control causes premature wear on the drivetrain. It probably says the same in my Audi handbook but I haven’t bothered reading it. 

Proper quick car you’ve got there Opti. 

Is the CVT in the Audi capable of launching anything but itself 

It doesn't launch itself, there's one too many a's in that word. 

I was thinking along the lines of sending various expensive bits into a low orbit

[YZ250]

…….
Is the CVT in the Audi capable of launching anything but itself 

I’ve obviously misunderstood Dr G and I’m genuinely shocked. I thought that you spoke so highly of VAG products so I bought two Audi’s.