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AWD is only of value if your interests lie in straight lines. Having had one, even a good set up feels a bit dulled and less responsive. There are one or two exceptions. I love RWD in a powerful car, it's been 7 years since I had it in a non powerful car. It's great to be back. As someone said...

You can't always get what you want, but sometimes you get what you need. (Jagger/Richards, cockroaches of rock. May they both get a telegram from the King)

I have a reasonable understanding, but when AA in my wife's car connects to her phone even it's 10 times further away than mine and mine was connected 5 minutes before, I reach for the hammer.

Can you select normal with the steering wheel button while in sport?

I see that VAG have gone to ventilated wireless pads, I don't know how well they work as I turned Mustang fanboy. I have found why my phone wasn't charging though. The carbon look cover I had must have been real carbon and blocked the charge. I've got a thin plastic cover now and it is charging.

You don't have Italian lineage somewhere Glenn? That's how they view speed limits, as just a suggestion. The cops do too.

Mine did it again. It seems to happen when I'm working on something switching the ign on/off a few times. Battery was at 12v, charged it overnight and it has happy little cells now.

No son, that's the minimum limit.

What do you mean?

Just say it costs no more than her last bag.

Someone drive a stake through the heart of this thread, before sunset.

I had red on my Leon Cupra, the look is worth a bit of extra scrubbing. Jeez, I love that Adriatic Blue. If I get tempted to change, it'll be for that. And red calipers.

I think that's for track days now. I see they've put movable track pass barriers on track for Touristenfhartenen (?), must be getting a lot of punters.

It's a different world now. Not always for the better

My dealer has just swapped to Castrol, the person I spoke to didn't know which grade.🙄 I don't want sewing machine oil in my car.

I didn't mean they were using it. Just that it is another alternative charge cooling option that does tend to lower combustion chamber temps too. It also gave me 1 psi boost increase through denser air/fuel mix. Thousands of WW2 piston engines can't be wrong :wink:

You are mistaking rotational inertia for friction. Friction is also known as drivetrain losses, all the bearing friction, oil drag, I suppose even the wind resistance of the clutch or torque converter spinning absorbs power. Even the rolling resistance of tyres on the rollers, or road, absorb...

It's like those space heaters aka OLED TV's

How? They can't lower friction, they don't create torque, how can they add power at steady state running? As I said, they allow quicker acceleration (less inertia) that feels like more power. Run an engine on an engine dyno at 6000 rpm with and without a flywheel, see what happens.

It always pays to get a proper load test one when there's recurrent battery issues. Some things don't show up until there's serious current draw.