Please forgive me for my ignorance but can anybody tell me were the right hand side switch is best to the max or min? I have it in auto at all times any help would be appreciated



My switch is @ the L POSITION at he moment

 

L is fully locked which will make horrible noises when doing slow manouvers, roll it all the way back near the c diff writing for fully open. Once out of auto this will show as the bottom green light on the dash, hope this helps

 

as above, normal all the way to low indication, then if weather really pants (snow and ice) wind it forward a tad.

 

If the switch is in 'auto', does the position of the 'c diff' switch matter? I.e does it make a difference as its already 'automatic'

 

Nope makes no difference

 

Cool, so as that picture stands now, it's in 'auto' mode and the car is deciding how best to use the diff, right?

 

I use open around town parking and manoeuvres, And auto 90% of the time for sprited driving.
I've done some playing around with the other settings, I personally find the car feels more stable on the higher setting but with heavier steering and less inclined to turn tighter corners.
And the opposit on the lower setting, a looser steering feel and will move around at the back out of corners, But you need a boot load of throttle to get this to happen.

If you weave the car side to side while moving the C.Dif wheel front to back you can feel the effects on the steering weight.

 

I tend to keep mine closed except for parking.

 

Interesting. My diff seems to clunk when I'm turning at very low speeds I.e parking manoeuvres.

 

Yep as the fronts will be doing some work, knock it back and it will feel lighter again, on track it will help correct the front by ending forward very slightly till the grip is good.
It's a good feature as you can dial out under steer/oversteer too.
I use mine fully back on road and if wet or racing etc, knock it forward 1-2 notches, never go to near fully forward as I hate the sound and clucking, also I don't think it's good to have fully toward if not on snow.

 

Yeah I don't use lock, that's a sure way of messing up the diffs on a high traction surface.

 

I suppose on drag strip fully forward won't hurt till you off the line

 

Gets even more interesting and complicated in the hatchback , as it has auto and manual but also has auto plus and auto minus setting for more front or rear bias depending where you want most of the traction , still getting used to playing with it as feels loads different to my hawk lol

 

Superb and very knowledgable info thanks guys much appreciated exactly what I wanted to know

 

Mine is always in auto apart from parking or pulling out of tight junctions.
Then it's in manual with the control wheel turned like the pic above, so the green O is lit up at the very bottom of the dashboard display.