Cars of Crackers: Wagon In

[SiC]

14 minutes ago, Crackers said:

The autobox is super reluctant to kick down, and even at nearly full throttle it'll change up by 5k.

That's definitely not like mine. On the motorway full throttle without hitting the kick down point will have it drop to at least 5th. Kickdown will drop it to 4th or even 3rd if you're accelerating hard when slow enough. Flooring it will have it change literally just before it hits the 7k rev limit.

I'd film the behaviour ... but that rev limit is near/above the legal speed limit in many gears. Like doing 40 behind some A-road dawdlers, pull out, floor it to kickdown, overtake two cars bunched together, pull in and then look down to see you're about to hit 75+ 60 (of course) while it's still pulling hard.

[Crackers]

11 hours ago, SiC said:

Flooring it will have it change literally just before it hits the 7k rev limit.

Yeah, it does this and feels quick enough when you're rinsing it. Maybe I'm just too used to having the Saab and Jag that felt like they were properly reeling in the horizon in the middle of the rev range, but it doesn't feel "lusty" like you'd expect a big 3 litre lump to. 

[Matty]

I know there'll be a weight penalty compared to ours (z4 coupe) but the n52 we have goes like a stabbed rat almost in any gear and any revs. I think its a jewel of an engine. Maybe @SiC could be right about the DISA valves? In fairness ours is a manual but I wouldn't expect the auto to blunt things that much.