Something was wrong.
"Do you really have to have your foot on the brake, revving the car up, and then step off the break to have a reasonable start? Is the choice really to just sit there as it decides to move, or to stomp on it like a street racer to get its rear moving (with all the attendant drama of smoke and squeal?)"
Was the MSP on or off? That would retard the power to some/all the wheels if the car senses any impending wheel spin. Holding the brake pedal down while pressing the gas would certainly trick the car into thinking there was an adhession issue.
But still, I get any kind of launch I want without turning the MSP off. There seems to be lots of room for a variable acceleration with my CC. There was either something wrong with the car. Or, nervous salesman not withstanding, something un-smooth that was causing an issue. Producing smoke and squeal suggests that perhaps you were throwing the car around a litttle more than the car was designed for...the car is a GT, designed to be driven quickly but not with Viperesque drag characteristics.
My downshifts are instant ......... unless you're in 5th or 6th and downshifting just 1 gear, when there just isn't enough of a variation in revs to make much of a difference......but dropping 2 or 3 gears ......happens in less than a blink....you have quick fingers, right? You went "blip, blip, blip' with your left fingers faster than you can think, right? Or....maybe you did it four times from 6th? The computer is not going to respond if it would cause you to do a down-shift over-rev that would blow the motor.
There was something wrong. Having owned numerous Porsches (latest is a highly modified 911TT) I have to say that my CC gearbox is the thing I enjoy about my Coupe the most. I find myself taking the Coupe more often than the Porsche.
"Do you really have to have your foot on the brake, revving the car up, and then step off the break to have a reasonable start? Is the choice really to just sit there as it decides to move, or to stomp on it like a street racer to get its rear moving (with all the attendant drama of smoke and squeal?)"
Was the MSP on or off? That would retard the power to some/all the wheels if the car senses any impending wheel spin. Holding the brake pedal down while pressing the gas would certainly trick the car into thinking there was an adhession issue.
But still, I get any kind of launch I want without turning the MSP off. There seems to be lots of room for a variable acceleration with my CC. There was either something wrong with the car. Or, nervous salesman not withstanding, something un-smooth that was causing an issue. Producing smoke and squeal suggests that perhaps you were throwing the car around a litttle more than the car was designed for...the car is a GT, designed to be driven quickly but not with Viperesque drag characteristics.
My downshifts are instant ......... unless you're in 5th or 6th and downshifting just 1 gear, when there just isn't enough of a variation in revs to make much of a difference......but dropping 2 or 3 gears ......happens in less than a blink....you have quick fingers, right? You went "blip, blip, blip' with your left fingers faster than you can think, right? Or....maybe you did it four times from 6th? The computer is not going to respond if it would cause you to do a down-shift over-rev that would blow the motor.
There was something wrong. Having owned numerous Porsches (latest is a highly modified 911TT) I have to say that my CC gearbox is the thing I enjoy about my Coupe the most. I find myself taking the Coupe more often than the Porsche.
