hey guys, have made the decision to get an mps 3 against all logic that's telling me I need to get a commercial vehicle...but i can't help myself. I have to have one.
Will be buying privately to try and save a few dollars and just have a quick question about turbo lag, test drove an 06 mps3 a few weeks back and it nearly ripped my arms off torque steered to the left in first, then ripped hard to the right when i snatched 2nd (loved it) and just kept trucking without any delay after the gear changes no lag or hesitation..
Drove another one yesterday and it was a completely different animal, didn't seem to torque steer at all and there was a little bit of delay from the turbo after changing gears, very noticeable in 3rd, shifting out of 2nd at 6k into 3rd into what seemed like 1-2 second delay (really noticeable compared to the first one i drove) before it was back on boost and steaming ahead again.
The first one i drove i had 1 passenger and the 2nd one i had a full car
This is the car I want so i guess im wondering is this lag between gears and less furious torque steer in the 2nd car purely because of the extra weight on board?? or could there be something wrong with the turbo? I have head from another mps owner that mazda has an update version of the ecu map that may be updated onto some cars at servicing, maybe this could have something to do with it?
really keen on this car but just want to make sure its all normal any help would be much appreciated, cheers !