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How to drive selespeed
hello!! Im new to this forum, iv been looking at posts about Alfa 156 on whats good and bad. So after reading and reviewing interesting information I decided and purchased a 99 2L 156. It runs wonderful with everything i want
but Im not to confident with the selespeed. Do i accelerate and change gears or treat it like a manual when changing gears take my foot off the accelerator?
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Re: How to drive selespeed
You change without needing to take your foot off the accelerator. The accelerator, clutch and gear change are all controlled together so when your foot is flat to the floor the computer holds the revs as it changes gear and then once the clutch is released the revs drop to the new gear. It will also change up a gear just before the rev limiter at about 6500rpm.
The same when changing down, the computer blips the throttle as you change down a gear. Also the computer will not allow you to change down a gear where it would over rev the engine. The speed of the gear change depends on the position of the accelerator - light throttle slow change and full throttle fast change and with some variance in between
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Re: How to drive selespeed
thanks for the reply
![]() mad ****! so in manual mode i will just gear up with my foot on the accelerator. but what if i drive it like a manual car? keep taking my foot off the accelerator is it bad for the car? |
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Re: How to drive selespeed
i love my selespeed, the only thing i don't like is the slight delay between putting your foot down and the car dropping gear / accelerating in city mode.
However, when sitting at 65 ish, and you want to overtake someone, two quick taps of the left hand paddle and you have a pocket rocket at your disposal!! The only reason i knew there was an auto upchanger was cos i tried to bounce the limiter to see what maximum speed i could get out of a couple of gears. |
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Re: How to drive selespeed
Originally Posted by lazz174
No it's not bad for it, it just might feel a little jerky. The acceleration through the gears (when the engine is warm) is perfectly smooth if you keep a constant level of acceleration.
The fact that you can keep your foot right down gives you muchos confidence off the line!
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Re: How to drive selespeed
coool cool cheers for the info!!!
anything that i shouldn't do while driving that would stuff the transmission or the car up? Im just asking because i heard it costs $3000AU for a new transmission, quite a lot of money! |
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Re: How to drive selespeed
Its the Selespeed system which has the potential for failure and I'm not sure there is much extra you can do to look after this except regular maintenance and checking the level of the Selespeed oil.
I used to also get the gearbox oil changed everytime the car went for service - quite cheap to do and cant do any harm. As for the engine just religiously check the engine oil level every week - mine never used to use any oil but some use a large amount. |
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My car likes a good drink every now and then, so keep your eye on the engine oil levels. My car doesn't go through selespeed oil very much, but very worth keeping an eye on it.
Not really much you can do to maintain the system i don't think, just keep the car in good general condition, and fingers crossed you'll be ok! I also very very rarely drive my car in city mode, keep it in the manual mode and you'll have more fun (and better fuel economy!) |
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I very rarely use City mode too. But there is potential for better MPG if you do use it out of town because it forces you to drive gentler and when you do it changes up more often then you would in manual.
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Re: How to drive Selespeed
Good point!
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I only thing I liked about City mode was that it changed down to 1st gear at slightly higher speed than in manual mode..................I think thats the only reason I pressed that button in the last few years that I drove a Selespeed
Last edited by Pascs; 06-01-2009 at 11:15. |
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Re: How to drive selespeed
one thing, don't pressure wash your engine bay, but do keep it clean, help minimize any dirty contacts etc there are quite a lot of sensors and electrics above the gearbox. I guess in Oz you do not have to worry too much about getting it wet through the weather, just make sure it's not self inflicted when cleaning.
HTH |
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Re: How to drive selespeed
On the 147 Selespeed it has a "kick-down" function so when you want to accelerate quickly, just floor it and the 'box drops down a gear almost instantly.........pocket rocket indeed, no need to "tap" the downshift........ps I'm constantly using city mode at the moment as my up padde is buggered :-(
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Re: How to drive selespeed
I really miss my old 156 Selespeed. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I bought the car with 40k miles on the clock, and then did 94k miles in the next 4 years. I only sold the car on after engine failure (NOT the cambelt, I might add). The gearbox and acctuator were fine until the end. I understand that the car has now had an engine rebuild and is back on the road. I only used the 'city' mode when stuck in traffic on motorawys or around town - it is not as smooth as a normal automatic. The only problems that I had were: 1) On a cold damp morning the car would sometimes not change from 2nd to 3rd. Putting it into 'city' mode would force the car to change up. This would happen once or twice a year. 2) The gearbox warning light would come on after travelling on Eurotunnel. I just needed to switch off the ignition and start again, and then it would be fine. I am still tempted to get another sometime.
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