I have to agree with the general consensus of what people are saying about spinning the wheels and driving styles etc.
I took out a Seat Leon Cupra R for a testdrive just this Sunday and hammered the accelerator at a set of trafficlights (when they changed green) and just got a flashing orange light and the traction kicked in controlling my high-revved wheelspin. I got nowhere fast doing this as the wheels span.
At the next trafficlights, I tried a gentler approach (as the testdriver told me to do) and I pulled off very quickly with no wheelspin whatsoever.
I came from a high-revving MX5 (7200rpm) and am used to flooring the pedal and because of its lack of torque, the wheels don't spin and the car shoots off at a good pace. This course of action obviously doesn't work in a FWD with 225ps at the wheels. To make progress in this sort of car, you need to be gentle with the accelerator pedal to avoid wheelspin and when you pass the initial start-off, the car with its abundance of torque and pulling power will pick up power very fast (in my experience).
The cars have to be driven right as these are torque-powered cars with power going to the fronts instead of the rears. In my brief 30 minutes on the road, I virtually had it down to a T and was able to master the power quite quickly.
Respect the car and the traction will respect you.
Cheers - Cobraman2007
I took out a Seat Leon Cupra R for a testdrive just this Sunday and hammered the accelerator at a set of trafficlights (when they changed green) and just got a flashing orange light and the traction kicked in controlling my high-revved wheelspin. I got nowhere fast doing this as the wheels span.
At the next trafficlights, I tried a gentler approach (as the testdriver told me to do) and I pulled off very quickly with no wheelspin whatsoever.
I came from a high-revving MX5 (7200rpm) and am used to flooring the pedal and because of its lack of torque, the wheels don't spin and the car shoots off at a good pace. This course of action obviously doesn't work in a FWD with 225ps at the wheels. To make progress in this sort of car, you need to be gentle with the accelerator pedal to avoid wheelspin and when you pass the initial start-off, the car with its abundance of torque and pulling power will pick up power very fast (in my experience).
The cars have to be driven right as these are torque-powered cars with power going to the fronts instead of the rears. In my brief 30 minutes on the road, I virtually had it down to a T and was able to master the power quite quickly.
Respect the car and the traction will respect you.
Cheers - Cobraman2007
