Loving the 184!
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I like the understated approach ... and then the looks of amazement when you floor it. Surprised a Jag XK driver the other day, and when he caught up he slowed right down to see just what it was I was driving. Hilarious. Nobody expects an estate car to be quick and have great handling
Same happened with me with an old C CLass AMG, went flying past him on a dual carriageway and you could see him instantly race towards me to have a sniff, could see him eyeing me up at the next junction taking the Leon as a serious challenger hahaI like the understated approach ... and then the looks of amazement when you floor it. Surprised a Jag XK driver the other day, and when he caught up he slowed right down to see just what it was I was driving. Hilarious. Nobody expects an estate car to be quick and have great handling
ACC is heaps of fun when it decides to keep tracking the vehicle that was in front of you but has moved out of your lane and begun slowing down - and slows you car too even though your lane is now clear. it's a fun game .. avoiding being rear-ended
It should not do that on a relatively straight road although it could do so on a bend. If its doing it on a relatively straight road I would get it checked because I have never known ACC to have a monitoring area so wide that it think traffic in parallel lanes is in front of the car.
Point them in the direction of your rear calipers.
150 calipers are above the axle - 184 calipers are in line with the axle
took me a while to spot the different mountings.
Now, that's definitely in the realm of anorak
Always nice to know what you are pulling up next to - haha
I didn't think the Bridgestones were that great. Replaced them with Michelin pilot supersport and the difference is amazing . The 184 only has xds which is different from the vaq diff that is in the cupra. Xds uses the brakes to control the power which is really just a fancier form of traction control.
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OK, wouldn't expect it to require the diff that the Cupra runs, but the XDS still works really well.
And I usually go with Dunlop or Michelin, this is my first set of Bridgestones in quite a while. While I like the grip, I don't like the road noise that emanates from them. That's my only gripe with the car, which isn't the car's fault!
And I usually go with Dunlop or Michelin, this is my first set of Bridgestones in quite a while. While I like the grip, I don't like the road noise that emanates from them. That's my only gripe with the car, which isn't the car's fault!
As a company car, don't really get a choice, but they did fit Continental contisportcontact 5's, which seems pretty good
Didn't realise on the calipers, although I was also hoping for something less 'anorak' ... ah well .. just have to floor it and see what can keep up lol
Have also noticed recently, that my MPG has been increasing. When first got the car, my usual work journey (120 mile round trip), was getting somewhere around 51-52 MPG ... this has not gone up to around 56MPG, and actually one day I even got 61MPG. The engine must be losening up, now that I have done 16k in 8 months
Didn't realise on the calipers, although I was also hoping for something less 'anorak' ... ah well .. just have to floor it and see what can keep up lol
Have also noticed recently, that my MPG has been increasing. When first got the car, my usual work journey (120 mile round trip), was getting somewhere around 51-52 MPG ... this has not gone up to around 56MPG, and actually one day I even got 61MPG. The engine must be losening up, now that I have done 16k in 8 months
As a company car, don't really get a choice, but they did fit Continental contisportcontact 5's, which seems pretty good
Didn't realise on the calipers, although I was also hoping for something less 'anorak' ... ah well .. just have to floor it and see what can keep up lol
Have also noticed recently, that my MPG has been increasing. When first got the car, my usual work journey (120 mile round trip), was getting somewhere around 51-52 MPG ... this has not gone up to around 56MPG, and actually one day I even got 61MPG. The engine must be losening up, now that I have done 16k in 8 months
Mine has been sat around the 30s in my first 450 mile this week. Hope it starts rising soon haha
I tend to sleep in on a morning so find myself having to make a 25 minute journey in 15 minutes. Sport mode is definitely in full use for me on a morning haha
Driving in this morning, usual commute, did nothing different, and averaged 53 mpg on a 45 kilometer journey. Nice to have a sports car that isn't as thirsty as my last lot
Driving in this morning, usual commute, did nothing different, and averaged 53 mpg on a 45 kilometer journey. Nice to have a sports car that isn't as thirsty as my last lot
Good to heat, i haven't done 200 miles yet and can scrape 50mpg (DSG)
Dont think mine will ever see 53 haha, only got a 10 mile commute to work and a lot of the time im spanking it because im late lol
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