In another thread I mentioned that the paddles on my 3 spoke wheel are no good in tighter corners because they move with the wheel so just when you want them your hands are in the wrong place. I hate to identify a problem without also suggesting a solution so how about the paddles are offered with a quicker steering rack ratio so the hands can more often stay in the same place on the wheel and therefore level with the paddles?

The sports suspension and 18s on my car are excellent. Better handling than the standard set up and more comfortable as there's more and quicker control. So how about Skoda do a Sport Pack with 18s, sports suspension, the chunkier 3 spoke wheel with paddles, and a quick rack?

If someone from Skoda picks this up and runs with it, I don't want any ongoing royalties, but can I please have the quick rack added to my car - oh, and the 4WD that isn't yet available in Oz except on the V6?

You should not need to be changing gear mid corner, as I never seem to. Get the gear right going into the corner and you should not need to change again until the corner straightens out enough for the hands to be able to use the paddle.

You should not need to be changing gear mid corner, as I never seem to. Get the gear right going into the corner and you should not need to change again until the corner straightens out enough for the hands to be able to use the paddle.

Did you mean to make it look as if I need driving lessons and I shouldn't change gear mid-corner because you don't?

Agree entirely on this. I had an Evo x with paddles and they were column mounted about 100mm high. Far better in my view than small wheel mounted ones.

Any car is at its most stable under acceleration. I wholeheartedly agree with mannyo - there shouldn't be a need to change gear at any point during a steering manoeuver. To do so makes the car less stable and one of the last places you need to be less stable is during cornering. I'm assuming, of course, that we're talking about driving on public roads, not racetracks.

Ray

I agree with the comments made by Argee and Mannyo about the physics of getting a car around a corner perfectly. Guys (?) feel free to test your theories anytime you like at Sandown Racecourse (just south of Melbourne). I'll drive my MX5 and you can choose any other road car. You do your thing and I'll do mine.

Anyway, my OP wasn't about that, so let's get back on topic eh?

Are the paddles not behind the place where the indentations are for your thumbs and are attached to the wheel? - therefore making them in the right place?

When I drive my Octavia AND Fabia vRS the paddles are in the right place as I corner, not that I change up or down whilst negotiating a corner.

Are the paddles not behind the place where the indentations are for your thumbs and are attached to the wheel? - therefore making them in the right place?

When I drive my Octavia AND Fabia vRS the paddles are in the right place as I corner, not that I change up or down whilst negotiating a corner.

That is indeed where they are. On cars with quick racks and/or where you know every bend before you arrive at it, that works well. The Superb has a relatively slow rack and, if you are feeding the steering wheel rather than crossing hands, the paddles are no longer where you needed them. No doubt someone will now tell me that I shouldn't be steering while cornering.

I had a Superb II and didn't think it's rack was that slow, in fact I felt it a very capable car.

First proper drive today around country Vic. 400kms including the Daylesford area. 5.6L per 100kms (50.4mpg). Lots of long sweepers. Everything in and on the car works just great including and especially the paddles being exactly where they are.

Don't think the fuel consumption will stay that good once I start to enjoy the motor's evident punch.