Ok you have a 300whp Civic and a moded S4 AND an STi......I so hate you....hatchy said:I took a 50 mph ramp at 77 mph (confirmed by radar). The STI corners flat with just a tad of body roll. The tires and the suspension works well together, and handles better than my modified Audi S4.
Has anyone else tried this? Those of us that are still on waiting lists would like to know. Since the closest we have come to driving the car is reading STi owners accounts.BleedPurpleSTi said:I agree with everyone else.....the handling is amazing. As the magazines said, the front does tend to understeer if you are hard on the throttle through a turn.....but.....what they didn't tell you is that if you switch the DCCD to manual and put most of the torque to the rear you can dial out all but the slightest bit of understeer. How's that for adjustability? :lol:
The manual suggests to put DCCD to auto or full "Lock" when encountering surfaces other than "dry" - unless you're Tommi or Petter. :wink: I have been running the DCCD in "diff free" mode (all the way to the back) and any hint of understeer is not present... but i wouldn't want to do so in the wet or snow...Hammerwielder said:But yesterday I did take a long right-hand sweeper of an on-ramp during a monsoon-like downpour using constant part throttle. As we entered the freeway my wife just looked at me. The car was nowhere near its limit, there was little or no roll and no hint of hydroplaning; it was just on rails -- simply awesome. Forget the reviews. This is the real deal folks.
I haven't messed with the DCCD yet nor have I applied anything like full throttle so cannot comment on the latest question. I have not experienced any understeer on the Automatic setting in moderate driving, just incredible grip.
Thanks for answering my question. I was hoping that some experimental STi owner would figure out what the reviewers didn't. "How to use the DCCD to your advantage". 8)rokuSTi said:The manual suggests to put DCCD to auto or full "Lock" when encountering surfaces other than "dry" - unless you're Tommi or Petter. :wink: I have been running the DCCD in "diff free" mode (all the way to the back) and any hint of understeer is not present... but i wouldn't want to do so in the wet or snow...Hammerwielder said:...I haven't messed with the DCCD yet nor have I applied anything like full throttle so cannot comment on the latest question. I have not experienced any understeer on the Automatic setting in moderate driving, just incredible grip.