UHS 19 - Under New Ownership ...
12-02-2016, 12:57 AM
#11
sorry to hear about your mum 
the car? haha its definitely in your face
. it would take a while to debadge (a favourite option for 318D drivers).
Golf R beater and you BOUGHT it.. this thread is leftfield!
the car? haha its definitely in your face
. it would take a while to debadge (a favourite option for 318D drivers). Golf R beater and you BOUGHT it.. this thread is leftfield!
12-02-2016, 08:18 AM
#15
They use the phrase "active torque vectoring" but I think you're right in that it's just clever braking. There are that many chuffing settings it's going to take me ages to sort out what I want/like.
VBH was quite keen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyTjggB2S5M
VBH was quite keen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyTjggB2S5M
I think the main thing you can do is change the Viscous coupling setting so it's more RWD in the dry. Braking the inside front with the power on sort-of vectors the drive to the outer front (a crude approximation of the Prelude ATTS system) and what the NC1 NSX does with its front motors. So it ought to be tidy.
Modern Subarus seem to have chocolate conrods (the BRZ can only handle around 250BHP safely, depending on pre-ignition) so don't be tempted to rice it too much...
12-02-2016, 08:30 AM
#16
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12-02-2016, 08:45 AM
#17
So's mine.But it's a bit heavier & torque is limited in 1st gear, to protect the clutch packs. So I guess you'll manage, OK...
They've got a lot of character, too, those things.
12-02-2016, 08:47 AM
#18
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12-02-2016, 09:17 AM
#19
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Not that it was ever going to sway my choice, but the VED on my car was a chunky £885 for its first year, and will be £500 per annum thereafter. If I had put off this purchase until after 1 April next year, the first year tax would be ... £1,700 (
) and £140pa thereafter.
On which subject, I fully expected when I collected the car on Tuesday to be asked to pay that first year tax. Surely at that price, gone are the days when the dealer would tax your car for you out his own pocket. Evidently not. The dealer even mentioned, because I was picking it up on 29 November, that he had taxed it for 1 year and 1 week so I avoid losing a month come renewal. Doesn't suggest he'd forgotten to pass on the cost.
I'm not complaining, but it is testing my conscience ...
) and £140pa thereafter.On which subject, I fully expected when I collected the car on Tuesday to be asked to pay that first year tax. Surely at that price, gone are the days when the dealer would tax your car for you out his own pocket. Evidently not. The dealer even mentioned, because I was picking it up on 29 November, that he had taxed it for 1 year and 1 week so I avoid losing a month come renewal. Doesn't suggest he'd forgotten to pass on the cost.
I'm not complaining, but it is testing my conscience ...
12-02-2016, 09:22 AM
#20
feck me we'll all be in Teslas or Priooosi soon!
and then my soul will croak..
ok feckit i need to keep my characterful old NA cars indefinitely
and then my soul will croak..
ok feckit i need to keep my characterful old NA cars indefinitely