I see non mechanical issue as minor issue. Good to hear that you have not encountered any, touchwood

With regards to the turbine wastegate, do you mean linkage issue?

Doesn't seem like the EA211 engine has a flat torque band from 1,500 r.p.m. to 3,500 r.p.m. but seems like the torque is higher than claimed. Was the run done using a very low gearing?

The only two things I can think of higher torque than the claimed figure, is due to the positive error (accuracy) on the dyno tester or using gear with ratio higher than it supposed to.

If 4th gear returns with better figure than 3rd gear, then this is weird, consistency issue or repeatability error

I would actually prefer to have slightly lower flat torque than to have higher torque but starts to drop early.

Then there must be something wrong with the in house dyno tester in VW R&D. I wonder if we from the water spinach country is better than those Germans when comes to this kinda test

Not sure why is that we aren't seeing the flat torque as the manufacturer claimed.

Some dyno testers are calibrated periodically, if they do that, there is a accuracy report which is most of the time traceable and you can find out how accurate is the reading typically from 10% to 100% of the range.

I noticed most of the dynos here in this country, are not calibrated periodically unlike in the west. As calibration is at a premium, with revenue into consideration, here, most of the auto shops are not doing it.

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You can even find RM101k for TS+ but it's also the after sales service one of the reasons holding me back from buying.

It's indeed a very nice car, too bad the distributor is giving lousy after sales service.

The mentioned price is OTR price Sir.

Well, I guess this is personal preference. I personally prefer new vehicle.

Manufacturer says the Vmax which is 215km/h, is limited by the ECU.

5,300 r.p.m. at 6th gear is equivalent to about 221km/h according to the calculation from the manufacturer's data given. I believe if it's not due to the limitation from the ECU, it could have gone faster.

Mine to share which part of the expressway you were running at that speed? North-South Expressway between Seremban to Malacca? I find it's difficult to drive at that speed on two lanes only freeway unless the time required to achieve the Vmax is shorter.

I guess that was second bridge, don't think you can drive that fast on the northern bridge.

Launch control

No issue with the fuel pump?

What issue with the coolant temperature sensor and the water pump?

The vehicle pull back effect is not due to the fuel pump but ECU? After the fuel pump changed, did you encounter the same symptom?

Seems life they still have a very long way to go to improve the quality of service.

Rear toe in of 34 minit you mean? I believe the rear axle is fixed able and it's non adjustable. But I have encountered alignment tool not calibrated and giving high percentage of error and since alignment is cheap, you might want to consider look for another alignment machine that is properly calibrated and cross-check with this result.

You can actually ask them to print you a report, it's customer's right to get a alignment report but most "ahbeng" or "ahkau" workshops won't bother about that.

I suppose the rear right tyre is wearing on the outer side right?

Did they reflash or they only clear the error code?

What!? What is the logic behind this?

Any car on the dyno performs better than what is claimed. U might want to put into account the resistance factors during high speed driving on the road.

I think you're absolutely correct on the term "limited by ECU". I actually made a mistake forgetting this when I was quoting . Stupid me, I apologize.

So, if the manufacturer says limited at 215km/h but it goes beyond 215km/h, could it because of the limit not triggered by wheel speed sensor but other sensors like transmission load sensor, engine load sensor, or engine load relatively to vehicle speed?

Was the dynamometer run performed on the 6th gear?

Good to hear that you and the car are OK.

How long the belt has been running with the engine?

Fan belt snapped in less than 40kM doesn't sound positive. Typical periodic replacement for fan belt (not including the timing belt that runs the cam pulley) is 60kM. It makes me think of either component driven by the belt is too restrictive or the belt tension is too high.

And in this 3rd country, most of the workshops (I'm directing to authorized workshops), the service receptionist are generally not technically competent which is why sometimes you would notice many service receptionist don't have mechanical or mechatronic background what's more automotive.

The distributor which has been having transmission plagued with issues here is also having those service receptionists.

The next time when you visit the workshop, you might want to talk to the owner or the director, incompetent service staff starts from a incompetent team leader.

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