2 stage accelerator pedals

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Currently in Spain driving a brand new Megane Bose diesel and it's got an accelerator pedal that goes down to about 3/4 and then needs a harder shove to get it to the floor, it's not the first car I've driven that does this but I genuinely can't think of a reason for it?

Any ideas?

ETA this car is a manuel.

Edited by Urban Sports on Thursday 24th July 13:08

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shogun001 said:

Not an automatic by any chance?

Manuel

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Rawwr said:

Urban Sports said:

Manuel

Si si

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shogun001 said:

Urban Sports said:

Manuel

The real question is, does pushing it down further make any difference to performance?

Yes it does, not that I'd really call it performance.

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Cyder said:

This is the correct answer.

In normal driving pressing it into the last quarter doesn't (I think) open the throttle any more. It's purely to disengage the speed limiter/cruise.

What a crap feature.

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Cyder said:

Why's that? It means you can have the speed limiter or cruise set and stamp on the throttle should you need to accelerate quickly for some reason.

It's not generally at 3/4's travel either, maybe 9/10 of the travel.

Accelerate quickly in this POS that's ambitious.

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Martin_Hx said:

Hasn't the right foot been a speed limiter for 100 years?

In glad my car only has abs!

I very rarely use cc but then again I rarely go anywhere at a constant speed.