And not at all the fault of the car. If a driver is depending on the speed of the car to safely make it through traffic rather than properly judging the amount of time it will take to perform a particular maneuver..... that's on the driver.I am surprised VW has not had any liability issues from this problem, probably because most who have experienced it are all dead! These type of accidents are usually fatal.
And not at all the fault of the car. If a driver is depending on the speed of the car to safely make it through traffic rather than properly judging the amount of time it will take to perform a particular maneuver..... that's on the driver.
I can't think of one proper maneuver that would ever rely on pressing the accelerator all the way to the floor from a dead stop but I can point to lots of instances where I have done so when "shooting the gap" when I absolutely shouldn't have.
Yes you are absolutely correct.Partially true but when you apply the throttle, a proportional response to how much throttle is applied is expected.
I need to pay attention to the R tomorrow and see how good/bad that is in comparison.
Just got a pedalbox on my R, made a world of difference, feels like a normal car now, prior I was feeling like I made a huge mistake getting the car and felt duped into thinking the car was fast and fun. I have owned and driven a lot of cars, and I can't say I have driven any proclaimed performance car that has as shitty of throttle as a stock R. If you like the stock throttle map on the R, then I hate to say it, but there is something wrong with you.
I really think the stock map is not linear, but rather exponential, thus the dead area in the first inch of travel, and that the pedal box brings it closer to linear rather than the logarithmic growth it shows on their media graphs.
I'm another pedalbox fan. I found the stock throttle response was just too doughy and unresponsive and was detracting from my driving enjoyment. After installing a PedalBox+ (this took all of 5 minutes) it was much better to drive.