>> I'll pop round with my odb reader, check how many times launch control has been
>> used, and I'll let you know if you are allowed to keep it.
Never been used. Tried to engage it once, and it simply performed an incredible rolling burnout that a Santa Pod crowd would have applauded, and took a thousand miles of rubber off the rear tyres. Spectacular, and very entertaining in its own way, but not exactly what I was aiming for, nor particularly subtle. Sport Plus, gear lever over to the left, foot on the brake and mash the throttle. Clearly there's something else I missed, or it's broken.
Never bothered since. Anyhow, where's the fun in letting the electronics do it for you? One of the most fun things about this car is trying to drive it quickly with as little electronic help as possible. That engine / gearbox combo, an open diff, and the cheapest and nastiest suspension they could get away with fitting makes it 'interesting' to drive. It's an odd combination of really nice balance and good fundamental handling, but so obviously limited by really cheap components. I guess that's the only way they could stick an engine like that in a £30k car.
None of this changes the fact that for 80% of my mileage, I would be financially better off (and have no worse an experience) in a 120d, but spent far too many years doing that. And it's worth it for the other 20% :-)
Last edited by: DP on Tue 13 Aug 19 at 13:34
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