S2000VRS

I'm not really in the UK long enough to go on a road trip this time. I'm sure the roads are busier than when I lived here 6 years ago. I'm mainly between Hereford and Reading at the moment. The roads around Hereford are either busy A roads or narrow country lanes with no visibility. It seems like every driver in Hereford and Wales is half asleep or over 80. Or both. Bit of a mixed bag around Reading but generally very busy. I won't have any time to go a few hours up North to somewhere quieter. In New Zealand I literally just have to get off my driveway to get on an awesome driving road. There are plenty of places where you can take a route off the main road and not see another car for half an hour or more! The downside is that cars are twice as expensive, there isn't much of a choice of interesting cars, and the majority of the cars on the road are over 10 years old and covered in dents. Dad had been considering exporting the Fabia to NZ but his circumstances changed. At least then it would have got some use when he went overseas...

Sorry for the late reply. I'm pretty sure the perceived sluggishness was psychological. I've taken it for a blast around some bendy A roads and it seems fine. Bit different to pulling away from roundabouts. I have to say, this car is a waste of time in UK. Everywhere I go I get stuck behind people doing 40mph in 60mph limits with nowhere to pass. I finally get some space and manage a couple of fast corners before getting stuck behind someone else going impossibly slowly. I haven't found anywhere that I can properly enjoy it yet. The stiff suspension and bumpy roads don't do it any favours, either. If I had this car back in New Zealand it would be a huge amount of fun. Smooth, bendy, wide roads with no traffic!

I've done some more Googling and it sounds like it's normal for VAG cars to report the *pedal* position as the throttle position. So with the pedal at full travel, the pedal sensor reads 85%, but the ECU converts that to 100% throttle body movement. It seems the ranges for the pedal sensor are commonly about 15-85%. FlexibleMouse, I guess your OBD reader is reading the actual throttle body value, rather than the pedal sensor.

Hi all, new guy here. My dad has a 2011 VRS that often gets left sitting for a few months at a time, meaning the battery runs down. The last time he drove it after the battery was drained, he said it felt a bit sluggish. Not especially slow, but not as perky as it usually is. Maybe that's just the way he feels it because he hasn't driven it for so long. I plugged in my OBD2 bluetooth adapter and checked for faults with the Torque app. No faults, but I noticed with the engine off the throttle position was reading 12% without touching the pedal, or 84% with the pedal on the floor. I didn't check full throttle with the engine running but it was still 12% throttle while idling. Is that normal? Is it just a problem with the way Torque is reading values? The engine is running smoothly enough. I drove it myself and it's still peppy but there's something in my mind saying it feels a bit restricted. Could just be psychological, though.