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Offline kiakid2

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Real world driving review
« on: September 29, 2015, 12:13:03 pm »
How good do you rate the driving experience with your CX-5 clutch and gearbox – is it as silky smooth as the car reviews seem to indicate?


Offline Caldean

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Re: Real world driving review
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2015, 08:51:57 pm »
The gearbox and clutch can make for a great driving experience,  but they surely depend on your ability too. The smoothest technique would be to double clutch to match the gearbox to the revs.

Offline rmvf

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Re: Real world driving review
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2015, 09:49:53 pm »
I like to make really smooth gear changes when I have people in the car, so they cant feel it happening, all about matching the revs to the road speed/gear selected. easy going downhill, a bit of practice to achieve going up hill.
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Re: Real world driving review
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2015, 09:53:08 pm »
The police teach their pursuit drivers to do just that. Takes a bit of practice as you say, unless of course you have an auto. For all VW''s faults, their dsg gearbox is fantastically smooth. ...

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Re: Real world driving review
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2015, 10:02:21 pm »
Vw, well we could talk all night about that/those, lol, my sons have a golf, audi and seat and skoda, lol, all diesels, fabia vrs was my favourite. remapped to 160bhp.
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Re: Real world driving review
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2015, 10:31:13 pm »
I'm so glad I'm a petrol head.  Had one diesel, a BMW,  which was just awful...one of the worst cars I had the misfortune to own.

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Re: Real world driving review
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2015, 10:31:13 pm »