Once upon a time there were solenoids on the carburetor to keep the throttle open a little to allow air into the engine to help keep emissions down when you would take your foot off the throttle completely to decelerate. This would mean there would be a slight delay before your engine braking would take full effect.
My new OBW seems to not have this feature (according to the dealer), so when you take your foot of the accelerator, there is immediate and full engine braking/decelerating. This makes for real jerky driving through parking lots when I'm in first fear and also makes for jerky cruise control driving. Cruise control really holds a tight tolerance due to this "feature". It feels like the brakes are being applied frequently as I'm cruising, especially downhill. Again, service guy says this is normal.
Anyone else observe these "features" in their new Subies?
Thanks