easternjets
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As some will know my car has been getting a bit of work done over the winter and I was itching to give it a good run out close to home, just in case any issues came up.
So with the weather looking good on Sunday morning, I headed up Teesdale to Alston, the roads were a bit busy but once I got passed the cyclists and walkers I managed to get some 'free air'.
This is probably the first longish hard drive I've given the car so I was wondering how good the 'tip' box would be, especially on tight corners and twisting roads.
I put it into sport and switched off the sport shock absorber setting, it was just far to bumpy for them.
The difference in the box is noticeable straight away, it's a lot more aggressive letting you rev quite a bit higher before changing up but it can be a bit over aggressive when changing down. This is especially so if you brake really hard into a tight corner, it immediately changes down into 2nd and tends to stay in second till you power out of the corner. I did find myself manually putting it up a gear on the buttons just to calm the car down a bit.
The thing is you pick up so much speed so quickly, that before you know it your braking hard again.
Over all though I really had a good drive and I wasn't disappointed at all, especially being able to keep your hands on the wheel at all times and not having to change up/down/up/down.
It's not a PDK, which is so much smoother (I have a DSG towrag) but I reckon on the same road you would be more than capable of keeping up with a manual and maybe even out braking the manual into some corners, (I know I'm opening pandoras box here!) we'll maybe find out later in the year.
Great weather, great car and the roads up Tees dale are fantastic, roll on the summer nights. Oh and no leaks :lol:
So with the weather looking good on Sunday morning, I headed up Teesdale to Alston, the roads were a bit busy but once I got passed the cyclists and walkers I managed to get some 'free air'.
This is probably the first longish hard drive I've given the car so I was wondering how good the 'tip' box would be, especially on tight corners and twisting roads.
I put it into sport and switched off the sport shock absorber setting, it was just far to bumpy for them.
The difference in the box is noticeable straight away, it's a lot more aggressive letting you rev quite a bit higher before changing up but it can be a bit over aggressive when changing down. This is especially so if you brake really hard into a tight corner, it immediately changes down into 2nd and tends to stay in second till you power out of the corner. I did find myself manually putting it up a gear on the buttons just to calm the car down a bit.
The thing is you pick up so much speed so quickly, that before you know it your braking hard again.
Over all though I really had a good drive and I wasn't disappointed at all, especially being able to keep your hands on the wheel at all times and not having to change up/down/up/down.
It's not a PDK, which is so much smoother (I have a DSG towrag) but I reckon on the same road you would be more than capable of keeping up with a manual and maybe even out braking the manual into some corners, (I know I'm opening pandoras box here!) we'll maybe find out later in the year.
Great weather, great car and the roads up Tees dale are fantastic, roll on the summer nights. Oh and no leaks :lol: