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      03-06-2013, 12:01 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by BatManWins View Post
If you want the real performance on an X1, make sure you have DS mode on and not Eco mode.
Exactly. The throttle response is very good in DS mode. Also a lot of people are not familiar with turbo cars, and cars with modern auto transmissions which keep the revs very low. When you step on the gas, the transmission actually has to downshift several gears before you can accelerate out of the hole. Add to that the turbo lag. This is a fairly heavy car. When the turbo is not spooled, you can imagine this car being no different than a big heavy car with a 2.0 engine. In other words slow. It takes half a second for the turbo to spool. That could feel like an eternity for people not used to it.
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