Sorry Rob I didn't mean to belittle your car or cause any offense, its just quicker than I'd thought hence, I was very impressed as I said.

I know it dark now and I'm probably being a PITA but, any chance you could see if its slower to 60 without the launch control, just sticking the hammer down as it were.

Maybe tomorrow or just when you've got time, I'm interested in the launch control and whether it adds anything to the car or whether its just another play thing.

Regards

T

Oh don't be silly you didn't at all ,

there is a certain number if people that pick faults with what people put, petty things but its all they contribute too such as spelling mistakes like i saw last night.

Im off to work soon so will try however id say it is a little bit slower as in automatic it holds the gears at the top end of the revs for a split second where as with the launch control today I noticed it didn't do that and seemed to changed at the optimum point (i think).

It is a bit of a faff about however if your already sat in sport with traction control off it doesn't take much to turn start/stop off and place your foot on the brake, so i suppose its right place right time type of thing.

Rob

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Not sure why you need a stopwatch, playback software will capture time. And as long as the speed you playback the video is the same at which you recorded, there's no reason why you can't get a reasonably accurate result.

You'd be better off using a gps app on the phone to display speed and keep it in shot of the go pro.

Iv not had chance to get the video on to the computer yet

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Launch control is pretty pointless; there are hardly any real world situations you can use it and it just puts undue stress on the clutch packs each time its used.

Ive tried it a couple of times on my MK2 vRS and frankly been disappointed each time, still a delay in the car actually engaging the clutches fully, feels no quicker and usually just resorts in too many revs and wheel spin.

I actually find it more effective to get ready on the paddles, stand on the throttle from a stand still, modulate it a bit once moving in a bid to reduce wheelspin and short shift at about 3/3.5k rpm into second where you really are in the thick of the torque (on a TDi anyway)....doing that is about as quick as ive got mine off the line....still dont reckon it'd easily breach 8 secs to 60 though launch control or not. Did expect more personally.

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Try it on a 1/4 mile. All you none believers will be surprised. Dsg, torque of a diesel and launch control equals an impressive, much better than book 0-60 time.

Try it on a 1/4 mile. All you none believers will be surprised. Dsg, torque of a diesel and launch control equals an impressive, much better than book 0-60 time.

Ill be down at pod this year supporting a few mates in fwd drag series so may book on and see what we can do

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A word of caution Rob, a member on the mk2 forum who suffered engine failure on a tsi vrs had his warranty claim refused by skoda as he'd used the vehicle for 1/4 mile runs at the pod.

The engine failure occurred as a result of the known timing chain issue and happened away from the strip but Skoda warranties are void if used in this way.

Not sure how they knew like! Must have spies everywhere.

...Not sure how they knew like! Must have spies everywhere...

DL regularly attend RWYB days at Santa Pod - I know one of the guys who goes.

By DL do you mean direct line?

If so, whats it got to do with insurance companies what you do on private land?

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Insurance companies often visit track days and rwyb events due to the number of fraudulent claims that's these events can bring about.

Not unusual for someone to have an "incident" on track and then later claim that it happened on the road.

I never understand why people cant be honest, either take track day insurance or don't do it if you don't want the risk.

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Yeah I've seen insurance companies at loads of track days local to me taking notes of registrations. I'm guessing that's why a few people put a bit of duck tape over their registration plates.

Out of interest did it seem any faster than accelerating normally?

I don't really fancy trying on mine - can only imagine the stress on the clutch.

It didn't feel any quicker at all, just loads of wheel spin.

Lewjo (Joseph)

Are launch control activations logged?  Might help the buyer of a pre-owned car decide which ones to pass.

So if the stock TDI gets around 7s to 60 mph, how come we've never seen the TSI get less than 6.5s in YT videos? The TSI is slightly lighter, has significantly more bhp and similar torque.

So if the stock TDI gets around 7s to 60 mph, how come we've never seen the TSI get less than 6.5s in YT videos? The TSI is slightly lighter, has significantly more bhp and similar torque.

 

Because the TDI doesn't do 60 in around 7s, i've owned cars that will do 0-60 in less than 7s and this one definitely isn't one of them. Look at other cars that do 7s to 60, they have a much higher power to weight ratio.

Because the TDI doesn't do 60 in around 7s, i've owned cars that will do 0-60 in less than 7s and this one definitely isn't one of them. Look at other cars that do 7s to 60, they have a much higher power to weight ratio.

well mine is stock and it does. I'm sick of repeating myself.

Maybe the tsi ones weren't dsg or not using launch control. There is a whole host of reasons.

I did 3runs in mine, all within 0.1seconds of each other at different times of the day.

I have a TSI DSG and have a tried a couple of launches and it never felt like I was going faster than 6-6.5s to 60 (didn't time it though). The gearbox just takes way too long to go from 1st to 2nd and wastes what feels like at least 1 second at the rev limiter.

well mine is stock and it does. I'm sick of repeating myself.

Maybe the tsi ones weren't dsg or not using launch control. There is a whole host of reasons.

I did 3runs in mine, all within 0.1seconds of each other at different times of the day.

Youll find that Neily03 knows everything so you will keep repeating yourself.

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Also iv only ever had one run with the launch control which it hasn't done a stupid big burnout. Which was the run video's

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I have a TSI DSG and have a tried a couple of launches and it never felt like I was going faster than 6-6.5s to 60 (didn't time it though). The gearbox just takes way too long to go from 1st to 2nd and wastes what feels like at least 1 second at the rev limiter.

manually change gear at peak power, that's what I did.

You'd assume the gearbox would know to have 2nd pre-selected when you're in Sport and have the Launch Control activated, right?

You'd assume the gearbox would know to have 2nd pre-selected when you're in Sport and have the Launch Control activated, right?

Mine does that normally but when on launch control it changed just before, should be able to see on the video. Its soo annoying though in normal driving when it holds the revs before changing.

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By DL do you mean direct line?

If so, whats it got to do with insurance companies what you do on private land?

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Yes.

As fewie said, some owners may crash and claim it was done on the road. The A509 is a very dangerous place

The other thing about Santa Pod is that it makes it so easy to spot modified cars. On a track, it may be difficult to tell but if you are doing a second or more under stock times, then there's no doubt.

Because the TDI doesn't do 60 in around 7s, i've owned cars that will do 0-60 in less than 7s and this one definitely isn't one of them. Look at other cars that do 7s to 60, they have a much higher power to weight ratio.

Have to agree. A manual estate with 181hp and a (fairly hefty kerb weight) of 1412kg means a modest power to weight of 130hp/tonne.

The car would run late 7's 0-60, for that extra couple of mph you're looking at about 8-8.1 secs which is about book figure for the car.

Its a shame it doesnt weigh just over 1300kgs as it would be usefully quicker then.