Originally Posted By: IndyIan
How long is a blip? Maybe change your technique a bit and use less throttle but for longer to hit your desired rpm. My Focus does have a cable but for street driving I rev it up and down using small throttle openings, and that gives the synchros time to do their thing as well. Blipping to me means track driving where you are getting your shifts in before the corner while braking, so you don't have time to rev match perfectly.
That said, my SIL test drove a newer Mazda3 on an autocross course and slow throttle response was her biggest complaint, so maybe Mazda is bad for this now? Never hear about it in the car rags though?
I think you are right on target here. Fast on and off seems to yield little to no throttle response, even if the pedal goes all the way to floor. Slow pedal engagement yields more response, though it still sometimes take a while. It might take 0.5-1 sec before there is any throttle response, which is, I think, one of the things that throws me off. With a mechanically connected pedal, you get the response you expect and modulating is very intuitive. With this, I press the pedal and have to wait for a response to come. It never seems to be quite what I expect, and modulating it feels weird because their is not a linear or continuous response to your pedal motion (I might have pressed the pedal for some time before there is any response from the engine, so when it does start, it seems like it starting from a weird place in the pedal pressing sequence. It's hard to explain, I hope that makes sense.)
I'm typically not driving in *track mode* just more day-to-day commute type stuff, with the occasional hammer down (to the extent that this car has one, LOL) for fun highway entries or a little spirited fun if I am on roads that beg for it, so it's not a big deal. It's just the one aspect of the car that I haven't quite adjusted to yet. It still feels weird to me to have controls that, in some circumstances, don't respond at all to driver input. I guess my brain and body are still in analog mode but the car is digital, LOL!
How long is a blip? Maybe change your technique a bit and use less throttle but for longer to hit your desired rpm. My Focus does have a cable but for street driving I rev it up and down using small throttle openings, and that gives the synchros time to do their thing as well. Blipping to me means track driving where you are getting your shifts in before the corner while braking, so you don't have time to rev match perfectly.
That said, my SIL test drove a newer Mazda3 on an autocross course and slow throttle response was her biggest complaint, so maybe Mazda is bad for this now? Never hear about it in the car rags though?
I think you are right on target here. Fast on and off seems to yield little to no throttle response, even if the pedal goes all the way to floor. Slow pedal engagement yields more response, though it still sometimes take a while. It might take 0.5-1 sec before there is any throttle response, which is, I think, one of the things that throws me off. With a mechanically connected pedal, you get the response you expect and modulating is very intuitive. With this, I press the pedal and have to wait for a response to come. It never seems to be quite what I expect, and modulating it feels weird because their is not a linear or continuous response to your pedal motion (I might have pressed the pedal for some time before there is any response from the engine, so when it does start, it seems like it starting from a weird place in the pedal pressing sequence. It's hard to explain, I hope that makes sense.)
I'm typically not driving in *track mode* just more day-to-day commute type stuff, with the occasional hammer down (to the extent that this car has one, LOL) for fun highway entries or a little spirited fun if I am on roads that beg for it, so it's not a big deal. It's just the one aspect of the car that I haven't quite adjusted to yet. It still feels weird to me to have controls that, in some circumstances, don't respond at all to driver input. I guess my brain and body are still in analog mode but the car is digital, LOL!
