The cars and bikes thread!

[tribe125]

My sickness is that I always want more.

Or different, or everything at once.

You're at that age.

[happyscrappyheropup]

Probably not a noticeable one. Or not something I wouldn't get used to very quickly.

My sickness is that I always want more.

You have a turbo 4 now? Why not add some mods? Intake, exhaust, tune should give a nice boost.

-- Wayne

[geoffbot]

You have a turbo 4 now? Why not add some mods? Intake, exhaust, tune should give a nice boost.

-- Wayne

I do. That is an option I am considering, much to Alan's dismay, I'm sure.

[Seriously]

Think of the HUGE benefits of a turbo engine against a NA

You can remap a turbo engined car so easily to pump out way more power than stock (just get it remapped).

With an NA you are limited in that regard.

[mlcor]

Turned the DTC on (confusingly this actually allows for more wheelspin) and got the back end out yesterday-lively! Much fun.

Still looking at naturally aspirated 3 litres though. Apparently the real world mpg isn't noticeably any worse than the 2l turbo (as mlcor says) which sounds a bit shit tbh. I have a sickness - why can I not just settle!

You are actually turning the DTC off when the button is lit--it's red to show that you've chosen to defeat the system, and it wants to make sure that's what you really want, and the light reminds you that you've turned off a safety feature. Default is on, therefore no light when system is on.

[geoffbot]

You are actually turning the DTC off when the button is lit--it's red to show that you've chosen to defeat the system, and it wants to make sure that's what you really want, and the light reminds you that you've turned off a safety feature. Default is on, therefore no light when system is on.

Nope - you're turning it ON. http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/t...n_control.html

[mlcor]

Nope - you're turning it ON. http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/t...n_control.html

I stand corrected! That's actually very cool, set up like a driver's car instead for grandmas.

[geoffbot]

Yeah - it's counter-intuitive, and there's a load of misinformation on the net. You can turn dtc on for a bit of wheelspin, or dsc off for loads.

[happyscrappyheropup]

I like the way GM does their traction and stability control. On my Corvette and CTSV there is a middle ground mode between on and off that allows some hooliganism but saves your ass when it gets too far out of line.



-- Wayne

[geoffbot]

Yeah - same with bmw.