what gear and speed are you talking when you floor it?

 

same question: what gear are you in, the speed you are going in that gear and what transmission is it (easytronic, manul or an automatic?)

 

Although I don't know for sure, I think that there's a degree of latency programmed into the throttle of most modern cars on purpose, solely because the majority of drivers are dire and their cars would kangaroo all over the road otherwise and wear out their transmissions very early. Which would result in plenty of warranty returns.

I had a 1.4 Golf mk3 as my last car with a cable throttle that had great initial throttle response. You just had to be careful not to come off the throttle then quicky come back onto it, if you did it would show more shunt than Thomas the Tank Engine.

 

i know exacily what you mean mate. in my old citroen xara it was near as instant, and im my astra its almost a seccond. I think its programmed into the ECU as its an electronic accelerator ect, so i think stampede is right.
As for what gear... its in any gear and netrual exacily the same, so i doubt de-restricting would help.

 

A remap might help though, if it really bothers you.

Personally, for a non-sports car that gets me to work and back every day, and crawls through traffic, I think it's actually a good thing.

 

My car is a manual and it does it in every gear even neutral. I used to have a MG ZR which is drive by cable and i see what you mean about the shunt but i got used to that after a bit. It's just annoying because i have had it nearly a month and still cant time it right to pull away perfectly cleanly.

So do cars fitted with the sport button have this?

Kind Regards,
Mike.

 

i dont get this on my diesel and i dont REMEMBER having it on the 1.6 petrol i test drove last year either mmmm

 

yeah, i get a delayed response too. and yes the sport button basically stops this as one of the main purposes for the soprt button is to improve the throttle response :thumbs:
(it did this on my 1.6 twinport easytronic, of course having the easytronic also meant slow and rough gear changes :lol::lol::lol but not on my new 1.8

 

there is a module that can be bought to increase response...seen it advertised in Total Vauxhall think it was around £180

 

sport button does sort this alot can depend on gear an spped an if diesel