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[STEMO]

PPS, just a reminder that for testing purposes originally....it matters not whether you have a full tank, half a tank whatever.....as long as it has 200kg over kerb weight.

example...

if you race on half a tank of fuel (roughly 25kg) then you only have to find another 175kg. My body weight will cover that easily 

Yep. 

[Webby the Bear]

So i have a question.

firstly I have details on exacxtly how I plan to do the 0-60.

but on topic but from a different angle.....

who out of you lot believe these figures? many have thrown words around like ''made up figures from a book''. and I thought no,no that's not right....they have to be correct. but after vw and ''dieselgate'' and last night hearing on tv that Vauxhall are blaming non-dealer repairs to buttons on the climate control panel as the reason for the zafiras exploding  then im not sure these should bebelieved anyway.

what do u gays I mean guys think?

[STEMO]

So i have a question.

firstly I have details on exacxtly how I plan to do the 0-60.

but on topic but from a different angle.....

who out of you lot believe these figures? many have thrown words around like ''made up figures from a book''. and I thought no,no that's not right....they have to be correct. but after vw and ''dieselgate'' and last night hearing on tv that Vauxhall are blaming non-dealer repairs to buttons on the climate control panel as the reason for the zafiras exploding  then im not sure these should bebelieved anyway.

what do u gays I mean guys think?

Eff off, Webby. 

[05omegav6]

So i have a question.

firstly I have details on exacxtly how I plan to do the 0-60.

but on topic but from a different angle.....

who out of you lot believe these figures? many have thrown words around like ''made up figures from a book''. and I thought no,no that's not right....they have to be correct. but after vw and ''dieselgate'' and last night hearing on tv that Vauxhall are blaming non-dealer repairs to buttons on the climate control panel as the reason for the zafiras exploding  then im not sure these should bebelieved anyway.

what do u gays I mean guys think?

To be clear, your 60,000 mile fourteen year old car is a quarter of a second slower to 60 than some potentially imaginary number, as imagined in a test in a different country, in a different decade, in weather and atmospheric conditions that you can never repeat using tyres you can no longer buy...

And after 43 pages of not quite accepting this, you're genuinely asking for an honest opinion

Whilst I admire your tenacity, and alot of what you have discovered has been quite interesting, perhaps it is time to accept your number and move on

That's very succinct of you Stemo

[STEMO]

Yeah....that's wot I meant 

[henryd]

Yeah....that's wot I meant 

 

[Webby the Bear]

I think you're right stemo. Maybe I got a bit obsessed by it.

But as you say, I think there's a lot of interesting info found from me and provided by you morons 

Well, I'll plan to have a go at the time based on matching their test procedures when it gets warmer. But I think you're right in that I may have to accept whatever figure it yields 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I really shouldn't encourage Mr Bear with this thread.......but.

[Webby the Bear]

you've done it now mate. 

budget tyres. will they affect acceleration in comparison, to say the Michelin ps2's on from standard. talk to me. 

[05omegav6]

you've done it now mate. 

budget tyres. will they affect acceleration in comparison, to say the Michelin ps2's on from standard. talk to me. 

They could add as much as two seconds to your 0-60 time and 100 feet to your 60-0 distance.

[EMD]

Of course you must wear the correct 0-60 costume 

[Webby the Bear]

just a word on acceleration and the autobox ''learning'' driving style I can confirm this is bang on!

I used to drive really slow. I mean really slow. clearly the 'box learned this cos when TuBi had a go in my car a couple of years back he declared ''it feels a bit down on power''. he was right.

as you should know by now I like evidence. and ive been accelerating hard consistently (when before id have accelerated slowly for the purposes of fuel consumption). I don't mean I kick down every chance I get. but every chance I get a good ''firm'' oomph on the throttle and the box is definitely dropping a gear as opposed to before where it would have got confused at my demand and gone up a gear, then down, then back up again when I backed off 

anyway, ive no idea if this learning will aid a flat out standing start with wide open throttle. I doubt it. but the cars feeling really nice and sprightly in the real world now as opposed to the lethargic lump it was before when anymore than conservative driving got it all confuddled 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

  I think it re-learns every drive, which makes me wonder if it's worth giving the box a 'squirt' soon after startup, then to relax back into a more sedate style. This would thereby give a 'nicer' drive for the remainder of the trip. Can definitely confirm that after a gentle cruise, when you see a gap in traffic, when you want to move quick for any reason, the box is very glacial to respond. 

I wonder if the sport mode overrides this, however? ie: drive like the proverbial vicar on sunday, the box learns your style - then hit S, then floor it - will the box be a 'sluggish' version of Sport mode, or change up at the optimum times, as it's designed? I'd suggest the latter, and 'S' mode is 'S' mode, no changes, but would be interesting to know for sure.

[Gaffers]

Thank God you posted on this DBG, I was worried for a minute then that this thread might be confined to page 2! 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

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