A guy who works with me, hired the new custom, to take to France fishing. Said it was totally gutless and awful on juice. Also was dragging its mudflaps down the road, so not good with weight either. Probably a base model, as a rental though.
I had a drive in the 100ps version and it was like 2cv, no pull in it at all. Your mate must have overloaded it. I had nearly a 900kg load and it drove smooth but felt gutless I must admit
Yep, he probably did mate. He had another guy with him, and he said it was well loaded. He was following a few others, and said it was embarrassing on any kind of incline. Most vans ive had get well loaded, but pull well, even if you sacrifice some mpg
I got the higher weight load long wheel base Had a pallet of screed in & Wass spot on I didn't go far though
I'm on about 17k miles a year. Not particularly high mileage but hoping the remap will improve economy
Not really as I said that was the basic principle, it controls air intake,valve timing, erg valve and various other things. That's way modern vehicles have so many sensors and why if a sensor detects any variance in the set values the vechel goes into limp mode. Some models of vehicles are deliberately de-tuned by the manufacturers to gain longevity for an engine or tuned up for power but require more servicing. It more depends on the market their aiming for. The engine in a vw passit is the same as a Audi A3. Seat and Skoda also share the same basic wv engines. The ford Mondeo and a transit have the same engine and their tuned for different performance needs. Also some engines are tuned for different regions, for example altitude, e.g. if you lived in the Andie's or Himalayas theres less oxygen at that height so the engine has to be tuned accordinly. Not like on the old days when you could whack on a big carburetor or turn a carb screw to make you think you were faster that your mates mk1 1100 escort or almost catch that mexico.
1st and 2nd are over 2 quick. Lots more torque and so much smoother to drive. Early days yet to comment on economy but already the trip meter and mileage are better. Wish I'd done it years ago
how much fuel you use / save depends on what sort of map. The generic maps as such that are offered on teh market will normally offer more torque and better fuel return. So why dont the manufactureres simply do this in the first place ? well the down side is your putting more stress on the engine. Not a problem if you look after it. Basically it will need a oil change on time and not miss oil changes / services etc. Manufacturers have to build in the factor that people will miss services etc so they allow for this by giving you a detunned engine. Then there is maps that can give you loads more power. Not the sort of map the average 'mappers' will offer. My sprinter for example drinks fule, your lucky to get 20 mpg out of it. However it makes a lot of power with figures over the 300 mark! It also needs to be serviced 2x as much now. My services are down to 6000 miles due to how much it has pushed. Again the engine is safe if looked after with regular services. To be fair, Diesel engines can be pushed a lot more than a petrol as a petrol engine if pushed to much (injectors / pump etc not being able to flow enough fuel) will simply melt something. Diesels are almost impossible to break unless you do go down the route of upgrading larger injectors , turbos etc which none of you are going to do. (only me thats stupid enough to do that i think )
