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Quote: Originally Posted by Penguinracer

Walter claims that it took him quite a while to refine it because he kept changing the pressure on the brake pedal while he pumped the gas. He learnt that the secret is to retain a constant pressure on the brake pedal while varying the throttle.

A wonderful Post that you put up here. Thank you for the confirmation, and the new information to think about. I simply agree with you about Walter Rohrl.

In the CVT-equipped cars, I'm finding the opposite situation may be necessary (steady throttle, modulated brake) in SD because of e-throttle, the EMS2000 computer and MINI software. We must find ways to quiet throttle inputs if driving in D or SD so that the computer issues logical commands for forward progress.

This is not the case in Steptronic with it's very strong Manual characteristics. I was toying with it this past weekend on PIR (Portland). Decisive throttle movement clearly rotates the car! I've got a long ways to go...