I've only had my Octavia a week and its the first turbo I've ever owned. Sometimes whilst I'm driving it picks up really fast and other times it dosen't pick up half as well. I now this is down to technique as my brother used to own a scooby turbo and he said it took him a couple of weeks to understand how to make to scooby really go.

Any tips on making me an knowledgable vRS driver would be appreciated.

Cheers

Andy.

had mine for a few weeks now and find the same thing at times, the turbo comes in at 2K rpm on mine (i'm assuming the others are the same) so when i want to move along swiftly i try to keep the revs high enough to come back in the next gear at somewhere around that point.

has caught me out a couple of times trying to pull away quickly though, too much acceleration results in the traction control spitting its dummy out !

loving every minute though

As nigel said, "keep the motor spinning". Practice on a quiet road, flooring the accelerator at different engine speeds and see what happens ..... getting to know a new car is part of the fun.

Hope you like the vRS experience.

remember to wait until the engine is warm before thrashing it too much and when you stop after a hard run let the engine idle for a while before turning it off to let the cooling system take some of the heat out of the turbo.There was a recent thread about this which explained in more detail but it was dure to the tremendous heat produced in the turbo boiling the oil off then giving you dry bearings in the morning

marc

There was a recent thread about this which explained in more detail but it was dure to the tremendous heat produced in the turbo boiling the oil off then giving you dry bearings in the morning

marc

Tried to find the thread, failed.

Can anyone post a link please?

Jono

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/showthread.php?t=6689

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/showthread.php?t=347

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2038

Just drive in a lower gear, 2.5k onwards, gives instant power and better engine braking

must admit the only time i find it "bogging" is when i'm in 4th or 5th and trying to accelerate from 40 or less...

Was trying a few things on the way home from work last night and found 3rd gives a very good response from 30.

For pottering in the urban zones, use gears that will keep the revs below 3 to 3.5. This will save you inadvertantly accelerating up the tail pipe of the car infront should you be in slow going traffic. Otherwise when you want some grin , floor it in any suitable gear to get the tachometer needle whizzing round the dial quick as something quite quick!

Lee

Personal favourite is flooring it in 2nd at 40 ............... whoosh !

Re cooling the car after a thrash I would suggest driving gently for the last mile or 2. Ok I agree its a good idea to let the engine cool after a thrash but other parts of the car, brakes etc are also hot & will benefit from some air flow to cool them off .

Some might also say it gives the driver a chance to let the adrenolin levels drop & he then exits the car as a normal human being not some pumped up monster :redhot:

must admit the only time i find it "bogging" is when i'm in 4th or 5th and trying to accelerate from 40 or less...

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For that sort of performance you need a diesel!!

John.

Watch out for wheel spin when pulling away from junctions or out of slow corners and wet roundabouts. The traction control helps but is easily beaten.

Steve

Hi Andy,

If you are pootling around and want economy - change up nice and early. If you want to give it some larrup, normally drop it a cog or two so your revs are 3k+ then floor the throttle and hold on!

Most importantly though and I can't stress this enough (even though Stuart has mentioned in above), with a turbo car you can drive it like a nutter when you get used to it but please please treat it with some mechanical sympathy by not flooring it until the engine is warmed up. So when you take it out, make sure you 'pootle' around for a least 5/10 minutes so the engine is nice and warm before you boot it.

When you have finished driving like a loon, make sure you 'pootle' it back home for the last couple of miles or if this isn't possible then sit on the driveway with it running for a few minutes to let the turbo cool down.

Even more importantly than the above though - enjoy it

Accept the lag... it's there and will never go away... it may even get worse the more you tune it.

Part throttle it 'til the turbo kicks in ... (hold a bit more then back throttle, blow of the dv...optional)

Then boot it !

Boost !

First time passesnger response is "whas a ..... that?"

Recline the seat... dial down the lumbar support and smile