Hi, I have found another vrs its on a 02 plate 45000miles.

It has an asp button, Not sure what this is.

Allso only had two services next one due at 53000.

Tempted to go for this one and join your gang!

Any ideas on cambelt change? Is it the normal every 4 yrs/70.000.

Any advice greatly received

ASR or ESP either way its traction control of sorts.

Cambelt is 60k no interval on time but i would say 4 years is enough.

I think ASP cuts power to the wheels if it thinks they're going to slip.

It's nothing like as good as things like EBD, which brake wheels independently.

So I don't think ASP slows you down, it just stops you speeding up.

ASP?

ESR?

ABD?

ARS?

ASR doesn't do a lot. With the old tyres it cut in a lot. With decent ones it's not very intrusive so I leave it on. ESP has traction control and a 'yaw control' element. ie. accelerometers detecting the angle of 'slip' and acting to bring the car under 'control'

Does anyone know what the button ASP. Is for on my Octavia 

Think it is a typo, it’s meant to be ASR 

ASP - Isn't that the one that releases venomous snakes as an anti-theft device?  

On 23/05/2006 at 16:48, MC Bodge said:

ASP?

ESR?

ABD?

ARS?

ASR doesn't do a lot. With the old tyres it cut in a lot. With decent ones it's not very intrusive so I leave it on. ESP has traction control and a 'yaw control' element. ie. accelerometers detecting the angle of 'slip' and acting to bring the car under 'control'

 

"ASR: Anti-Slip Regulation traction control ensures the Octavia’s stability when pulling away or accelerating. If the engine power or torque being transmitted to the drive wheels is too great, for example on a slippery road surface, engine torque is automatically reduced until optimum road-holding returns, thus preventing wheelspin. A light indicates whether the ASR system is on. It can be manually switched off".....

 

On 22/05/2006 at 19:25, Tech1e said:

ASR or ESP either way its traction control of sorts.

 

"ESP: Electronic Stability Programme is designed to stabilise the dynamic handling response of the vehicle by counteracting any tendency towards oversteer or understeer. The ESP constantly compares the actual movement of the vehicle with predetermined values and according to the situation ESP reacts by braking each wheel individually (according to direction of slip) and automatically adjusting the engine’s output".

 

My own has ASR, so yours is probably the same, but the front leg of the 'R' has simply worn off or summat to make it a 'P'.

 

 

Edited 17 January, 20197 yr by Ttaskmaster

Turn it off, that’s the best advice I can give, it can be downright dangerous in the wet and ice, it has a habit of cutting In the just when it’s not needed, ie pulling out at junctions or overtaking.... 

19 hours ago, AndrewRoberts said:

Turn it off, that’s the best advice I can give, it can be downright dangerous in the wet and ice, it has a habit of cutting In the just when it’s not needed, ie pulling out at junctions or overtaking.... 

Well, I can certainly see how it might make driving in Basingstoke even more dangerous...!!

 

 

Edited 18 January, 20197 yr by Ttaskmaster

21 hours ago, AndrewRoberts said:

it can be downright dangerous in the wet and ice, it has a habit of cutting In the just when it’s not needed, ie pulling out at junctions

If you're wheel spinning on ice the most dangerous thing about the car is the loose nut behind the steering wheel, not the ASR!

Cheers, been called worse lol

26 minutes ago, AndrewRoberts said:

Cheers, been called worse lol

Well, when I got my Octy I told my Mum "It's got ABS and traction control, but I'll try not to use them".