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Originally Posted by HPsauce
Pulling out of a side road and accelerating the car only speeds up "gently" not "urgently" as I expect.
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Well this happened again last night. 
Ran a VCDS scan this morning and it was totally clean (apart from the usual alarm horn battery low warning). Last scan was in December.
As I turned into the main road and speeded up I realised the revs were high and progress wasn't as fast as expected, but it did change up at least one gear, still with high revs. 30 limit so didn't test more changes.
The usual lift-off and press again with the right foot resumed normal progress with the quick "something changed" feeling/movement from the gearbox, drop in revs and the usual responsiveness.
Prior to this the car had been driven a few miles so was fairly warm, then sat for about 15 minutes on my drive. I then got in and drove about 200 yards downhill to the main road, stopped briefly and turned right.
Any thoughts anyone?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 8th February 2017 at 09:34 AM.
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