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Arragonis · 06-13-2010, 06:29 PM

EDL is that the braking system traction thing ? I've always wondered about the wisdom of applying brakes to the outside of a driveshaft where > 200 lb/ft is being applied from the inside. I know its a quick pulse but even so.

I haven't noticed ASR on even the "early 80s Beirut" style roads we have in Edinburgh much apart from the big orange 'you are about to die' light on the speedo when I turn it off.

My wife had a BMW 328 with the anti-spin thing when our son was born. A late night sleepless baby and empty roundabout trip to get Calpol was too much of a temptation and I turned it off. Result ? A superb mini-drift round and much less of a 'driving on the edge' experience.

The gearing takes some time to get used to. I'm finding sometimes 6th can be less economic than 5th so I would be interested in what your SG says about it all. I kind of wonder whether some of the 'shove' in the higher gears meets too much resistance to have a full effect, so changing down sometimes means the engine has less work to do so less fuel.

My older 206 HDi loved 5th all the time, even from 20 mph but the Fabia hates it at anything under 35. 4th is only just about possible at 30 which is urban PSL here.

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Arragonis The PRC. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Elsewhere. Posts: 5,304 Thanks: 285 Thanked 536 Times in 384 Posts	EDL is that the braking system traction thing ? I've always wondered about the wisdom of applying brakes to the outside of a driveshaft where > 200 lb/ft is being applied from the inside. I know its a quick pulse but even so. I haven't noticed ASR on even the "early 80s Beirut" style roads we have in Edinburgh much apart from the big orange 'you are about to die' light on the speedo when I turn it off. My wife had a BMW 328 with the anti-spin thing when our son was born. A late night sleepless baby and empty roundabout trip to get Calpol was too much of a temptation and I turned it off. Result ? A superb mini-drift round and much less of a 'driving on the edge' experience. The gearing takes some time to get used to. I'm finding sometimes 6th can be less economic than 5th so I would be interested in what your SG says about it all. I kind of wonder whether some of the 'shove' in the higher gears meets too much resistance to have a full effect, so changing down sometimes means the engine has less work to do so less fuel. My older 206 HDi loved 5th all the time, even from 20 mph but the Fabia hates it at anything under 35. 4th is only just about possible at 30 which is urban PSL here. __________________ [I]So long and thanks for all the fish.[/I]