Sensitive throttle pedal in non sporty cars? Blame the average driver
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And I'm sure it's in the name of appeasing the average brain-dead Starbucks-swigging mallrat who makes up its core demo who would be confused to death when the engine speed stopped climbing but the vehicle was still accelerating.
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It truly is gayer than FaeFlora at a Hell's Angel's rally. The first time we went out to lunch together in his car after he bought it, and he told me it had a CVT, I thought he was retarded (or had just been swindled.) Nope, did some research and found that it does, in fact, have a CVT.
#66
My 335i is decent, very responsive when mashing it at any point, even in drive. It's even better in DS (sport) which basically only moves the low throttle application shift point to about 2700. I actually wish it was more linear on the bottom end. It's tough to take off from a stop sign in a normal, reasonable fashion unless really paying attention.
#68
That's the gayest ****. All of the weakness of a CVT without utilizing its one unique and/or redeeming feature.
And I'm sure it's in the name of appeasing the average brain-dead Starbucks-swigging mallrat who makes up its core demo who would be confused to death when the engine speed stopped climbing but the vehicle was still accelerating.
And I'm sure it's in the name of appeasing the average brain-dead Starbucks-swigging mallrat who makes up its core demo who would be confused to death when the engine speed stopped climbing but the vehicle was still accelerating.
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I drove a murano with CVT, I didnt mind it. i thought it was smooth and kept the rpms around 4K through accerlating and kept it in a very nice sweet spot of tq.
i keep reading and reading and reading about tuning the DBW maps for my rex and still come away dumber than i started.
i keep reading and reading and reading about tuning the DBW maps for my rex and still come away dumber than i started.
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That image is taken from a Mercedes C-class. The icon indicates that the "Attention Assist" system is active.
If you weren't so poor and Irish, you could afford a Mercedes, and then you'd know about such things.
Here's a video explaining it:
Here's a link to PDF of the owners manual for an M-class, which has a similar computer configuration. The system is described beginning on page 230.
http://www.mbusa.com/vcm/MB/DigitalA...13_M_Class.pdf
TL,DR: Search, newb.
If you weren't so poor and Irish, you could afford a Mercedes, and then you'd know about such things.
Here's a video explaining it:
Here's a link to PDF of the owners manual for an M-class, which has a similar computer configuration. The system is described beginning on page 230.
http://www.mbusa.com/vcm/MB/DigitalA...13_M_Class.pdf
TL,DR: Search, newb.