Popped into my friendly local dealer this morning to test drive a DSE. As
> I'd feared, it had all the acceleration of a supertanker, although it's a
> nice car otherwise.
>
> Although I'm no speed demon, I think I would die of boredom on the motorway
> sliproads. Anybody here familiar with chipping the engine? How much
> difference does it make?
This partly answers my question:
Do you remember how much it was?
David,
I drive a manual 2.5 DSE (99'T) and while it is no racing car it is more than adequate. Though it being manual I can select the most appropriate gear for this.
Certainly on the motorway it moves along with the rest of the traffic in all lanes. I do a lot of motorway driving and have no problems with it making progress ;)
I will most likely chip mine when it is out of warranty.
The most annoying thing is that my other car is a TD5 90 and this is very forgiving due to low down torque. The RR on the other hand is crap below
2000revs and I have stalled it a couple of times.It also does not like town stop/start/que traffic and the MPG dips to
22-23mpg. On a run I can get 28mpg if I don't go breaking the speed limit or flooring it.Pete
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