richc
Member
Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
User status: Offline
|
Im sure the sport botton on these do sweet fa. Another friend use to have the 1.8 VVTI with ex pac, and i drove that, and i honestly couldnt feel what dfference it made bar the fact that the steering felt lighter, which i dont think its very sporty
|
Joe
Member
Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
User status: Offline
|
Thats because it doesn't do much, just sharpens up the throttle response.
|
pagey
Member
Registered: 30th Nov 04
User status: Offline
|
what mileage is on it kano?My mrs has got one exactly the same but in star silver. Nice smooth power delivery and loads of torque 
|
Kano
Member
Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: Fife
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by pagey
what mileage is on it kano?My mrs has got one exactly the same but in star silver. Nice smooth power delivery and loads of torque
7k miles on it... Sport button is much more noticeable on the diesels, petrol ones hardly noticeable.
|
am4nf
Member
Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
User status: Offline
|
sport button alters suspension and all that jazz makes throttle more responsive and theres something else
|
am4nf
Member
Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
User status: Offline
|
gear ratios maybe?
|
am4nf
Member
Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
User status: Offline
|
makes it quicker anyways
|
John
Member
Registered: 30th Jun 03
User status: Offline
|
I doubt they have fancy suspension and it's not altering gear ratios at all, ossibly change speed in an auto.
There are possibly 2 maps on a diesel, that would make a difference, no idea though.
Throttle response and steering feel is all apart from that.
|
richc
Member
Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
User status: Offline
|
Its no ferrari. I doubt it has active suspension 
|
Kano
Member
Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: Fife
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by richc
Its no ferrari. I doubt it has active suspension
Some do! This one doesn't but there were some specced with it as an option.. Its called IRS or something I think.
|
JayCarr
Member
Registered: 19th Dec 02
Location: Cambs Drives:M3 & X3
User status: Offline
|
Looks good, same plans as me too.
Think sport button just sharpens the throttle response.
Hold down sport button to turn off TC
|
am4nf
Member
Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
User status: Offline
|
Ive drove absolutly loads of them and it does make them quicker and more responsive and makes susp stiffer FACT 
As kano said some of them, petrols are'nt as noticable but all the deisels Ive drove feel a lot diff when sport button was on
and in a 75 mile trip i used 3/4 of the tank with sport button on
|
John
Member
Registered: 30th Jun 03
User status: Offline
|
Unless they all had active suspension it didn't make the suspension stiffer.
75 miles on 3/4 of a tank in a diesel is about 10mpg, which you wouldn't get unless you done all 75 miles in 1st.
[Edited on 07-08-2009 by John]
|
am4nf
Member
Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
User status: Offline
|
Then they must all have had it
|
am4nf
Member
Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
User status: Offline
|
Very windy b road
(could have been a petrol i was in at the time)
[Edited on 07-08-2009 by am4nf]
|
John
Member
Registered: 30th Jun 03
User status: Offline
|
They possibly did, strange to spec on a fleet of rental cars though.
|
am4nf
Member
Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
User status: Offline
|
Tbh the people in charge of what europcar and national bring in are fucking idiots last month we got brand new 2.0 golf tdi's some of them were GT's
|
MarkM
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by am4nf
Very windy b road
(could have been a petrol i was in at the time)
[Edited on 07-08-2009 by am4nf]
|
am4nf
Member
Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
User status: Offline
|
what?
|
Ojc
Member
Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
User status: Offline
|
Unless it has IDS the suspension won't stiffen up by pressing the Sports button.
|
a_j_mair
Member
Registered: 23rd Jan 04
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
nice motor, sounds familiar with arnold clarck, i had nothing but hassle form them 
|
craig8
Premium Member
Registered: 31st Dec 04
Location: Glasgow
User status: Offline
|
might take a while to get the seats adjusted to where its comfortable, mine are only starting to soften up and ive had it 10 months now
HIDs make a world of difference on them as do tuning boxes/remaps
i find mines very difficult to see out of the back when reversing, so fitted a reversing camera just above the number plate and it makes it much simpler
E36 328
|
Kano
Member
Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: Fife
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by craig8
might take a while to get the seats adjusted to where its comfortable, mine are only starting to soften up and ive had it 10 months now
HIDs make a world of difference on them as do tuning boxes/remaps
i find mines very difficult to see out of the back when reversing, so fitted a reversing camera just above the number plate and it makes it much simpler
3drs are a pain for the back window, 5 dr is fine though..
De-badged the boot today, looks much tidier, ordered plates for it aswell so it will be fully de-arnold clark'd.. lol.
|
