Just getting back to the twitch of the Haldex... the first couple of times I really pushed my car the twitch nearly put me in a ditch! but as you learn to drive it properly it definately becomes less apparent. With the ESP OFF you can hardly notice it there at all..
I don't doubt you there.
If you look through most of the R32 reviews you will find that all the professional drivers that have driven the R32 say its a fantastic car with awsome handling capabilities... I guess you just have to have the skill to get the most out of it.
But that is not the real crux of the issue. Not every R32 or Haldex owner will have the skill of the so-called "professional drivers". Many will just be your average joe public, who for 95% of the time, drives like "miss daisy". Then when they do occasionally venture into the limits of handling, they may get their arse bitten!
I know it has been refered to on numerous occasions but the fact that it was faster round the TG track is just one piece of evidence highlighting this. Esp as we know that the ED30 is definately no slouch and has a better power/weight ratio that the R32. Again evidence that the haldex system works and works very well... if you know how to use it! imo
Again, not a fair and real world comparison. The TG test track is absolutely massive - hugely wide with massive run-off areas, with no armco, hedges, dry-stone walls, ditches, telegraph poles, bus stops, etc. By
using all those masses of reserves to play with, you can make cars do things which would be utterly impossible on normal roads. A much better comparison for a circuit would be somewhere like Cadwell Park, which is fairly narrow, or the IoM mountain course, which uses real every-day roads. And I think in this much truer environment which I am suggesting - is where the limitations of Haldex are shown!
