Is it just me?

My Superb 170TDI DSG when at junction and

then spotting a gap i move out (not heavy footed, but more thn usual)...

...my front tyres always loses grip?!!!

Can it not handle the power?

I expect for a DSG this less likely to happen (unless foot to floor).

and more likely to happen if in sports/manual mode and eager to get a move on.

Just me?

My superb?

Or normal?

And i just got 2 brand new Falken ze914 front tyres as well.

Could just be the way your usung the throttle, the speed the you press down and the lag time for the box to engage matches the point the turbo kicks in. so that might explain the wheel spin. Or on the other hand, i could be so so wrong and full of it lol.

Better tyres would help but its not ideal for trying to put down all that torque this time of year

It all depends on lots of things.

Road surface, wet/dry/ loose gravel.

Condition of tyres/ drivers pressure and speed applied to accelerator.

Your experiencing what a lot of drivers experience, even someone as perfect as me. LOL

You're coming from a all wheel drive Subaru to a front wheel drive, so yeah, I'd say its pretty normal. I find it very hard to get my Octy 4x4 to spin its wheels as the torque is split up better.

It's down to rubbish tyre grip and bad driving.

Its happened mostly on dry solid tarmac / concrete roads.

And i have decent brand new front tyres.

Plus foot probably only 1/2 way down (pushing it 2/3)...

...well a learning experience for me thn.

Huskoda!

Still plenty of tyre skids on the Scooby (even with 4x4! :-)

Brand new tyres take a little wearing in to get rid of the releasing agent, so it might get better.

And yeah, I know from experience that you can make Scoobys (STI) spin without too much effort

Brand new tyres take a little wearing in to get rid of the releasing agent, so it might get better.

And yeah, I know from experience that you can make Scoobys (STI) spin without too much effort

NOT Gangster Impreza!

But a gentlemans Legacy running on LPG! Remembered?! :-)

Ah yes, I do now. So you're complaining a car with twice the torque through half as many wheels spins when you put your foot down?

LOL

I aint complaining

I did not put foot down (only 1/2 way)

Just wanted to know if normal and nothing untoward.

Hey!

Stop nit picking! :-)

I don't know about the DSG though, I'd have thought stuff like ASR/TC would also step in and give it a smoother start. My old PD130 Passat was terrible for it. It would spin setting off, changing up to 2nd and even to 3rd.

The car deserves a better tyre on it there is a good reason they are £40 a corner cheaper that the original equipment tyre

Hmmm...maybe i should get someone to look at it then?

Thn again my Scooby with 4wheel drive, slip diff, auto, TCS, etc etc

...still allow me to spin the tyres...

The car deserves a better tyre on it there is a good reason they are £40 a corner cheaper that the original equipment tyre

My old tyres had 5mm+ on thm (confirmed Skoda health chk)

They were I think F1 Eagles or Conti's and thy still wheel spin...

So i guess its not the tyres but my bad driving thn (as someone previously mentioned?)...

Summer-suited tyres on cold road will result in crap grip.

End of chat.

zero - 1/2 throttle actually is quite big beans in a car with so much torque. Try feeding power in more slowly ('though appreciate this is at odds with trying to "make " the gap

My CR VRS DSG spins up its wheels very easily as did every other FWD cars ive owned so there is nothing wrong with the car. Just a characteristic of FWD. Summer tyres on cold roads probably doesnt help much either as even my Conti sport contact 3's spin up easily.

Cant actually wait for these tyres to wear out so i can fit all season tyres as im hoping they will grip better on damp cold tarmac which is generally what we get up here for the majority of the year.

Why did you replace them if they still had 5mm of tread? :think:

I think the biggest factor here is your driving, then other things like the large amount of torque and generally less grippy conditions at this time of year. New tyres also take a while to bed in, like brakes and clutches.

In a car without a limited slip diff (which yours will be) you'll also be more likely to spin up the inside wheel when cornering and accelerating at the same time. Pull out smoothly to avoid wheel spin, then once you have straightened up you can accelerate harder without spinning up.

Why did you replace them if they still had 5mm of tread? :think:

I think the biggest factor here is your driving, then other things like the large amount of torque and generally less grippy conditions at this time of year. New tyres also take a while to bed in, like brakes and clutches.

In a car without a limited slip diff (which yours will be) you'll also be more likely to spin up the inside wheel when cornering and accelerating at the same time. Pull out smoothly to avoid wheel spin, then once you have straightened up you can accelerate harder without spinning up.

Cheers mate.

I replaced both front tyres as got a unrepairable front tyre puncture.

So i decided to replace both front tyre and keep the old one as a backup.

I guess it wud be me relearning how to drive a diesel again (used to have Focus diesel but it

was only 115bhp and manual).

I thought my car (2010 Superb) had electronic slip diff?

Is tht different to limited slip diff?

It means, I think, that the computer just applies the brakes to the wheel that is slipping.

It means, I think, that the computer just applies the brakes to the wheel that is slipping.

Thks!

1/2 down on the loud peddle will make just about any car wheelspin.

Easy tiger

One way of looking at it is the available tyre grip has to be divided between acceleration, steering and braking. If you model the available grip in monetary terms, you could say you have £10 worth of grip and pulling out of a side road you'll be spending a big portion of that on steering (expecially on a tight turn) which will leave you only a small remainder to spend on acceleration if you are not wanting to go into "grip-debt". So if you're looking for a speedy getaway, your choice is to either steer less (perhaps by positioning/angling your car differently at the junction) or to plan to accelerate later (as you start to wind off the steering lock).

Chris

Edited 5 February, 201313 yr by ScoobyChris

You'll find all the VAG derv's do this, all that torque from the engine and front wheel drive.