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Originally Posted by rpagianotto
Yesterday I was trying to time my car's acceleration, and I noticed something rather interesting.
My car has the regular 205 8AT transmission (not the 2TB 8AT sport transmission), as I'm not even sure you can get the sport transmission for the 118i, but anyway, when I launched with the DSC-OFF mode, after holding the brakes and revving up to 2500-3000 rpm, the car would upshift dramatically quicker than normal.
The car doesn't have a proper launch control, especially because if you hold the brakes for too long, the wheels will start smoking the tires before the car actually moves, but at least the gearbox operates much more aggressively, about as quickly as DSG.
Has anyone else noticed this?
I'll try to make a video about it later this week.
I was also wondering if this has been documented somewhere.
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This sounds like a great way to damage your car, given that you're generating a lot of opposing forces that the car isn't designed to handle