Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 10:14:14 +0100 From: "DervMan" <dervmannopsamail.com> Subject: Re: "Sport Mode"
"Chris Campbell" <feenynopsam.org> wrote in message news:3ec51d6enopsam.sacoriver.net... > Does anyone here use sport mode at all(on the automatic transmissions)? I've > found that I never use it... I've tried it out, and all it seems to do is > change the shift points so that the car will downshift without putting the > gas pedal down as far. Yup. Whereas standard mode is optimised for fuel consumption, "sport" mode shifts the optimistation towards performance. > Are there any other benifits to sport mode? If the transmission locks out the tallest ratio under a certain speed, you can get improved engine braking. > I've found that when I'm in sport mode, and I I'm not careful, I'll put my > foot down too far(well, not all that far either), and the car will jump into > a lower gear, this startles me :-o, so I let my foot off the gas and it goes > back into the higher gear... all this jumping around of gears can't be good > either. Hmm . . . well that's your technique! Some people can use "Sport mode" to *save* fuel when overtaking, although it does depend on the transmission. To detail what I mean, imagine you're following somebody at 45 mph (I'll use 45 mph on the assumption that your car will use second at this speed). Now if you're in standard mode and you want to overtake, you're probably in an upper gear, so you want to activate kickdown . . . at this speed it may well shift you into second! However, using Sport mode may well either put you in third, or shift you into third with less pressure on the accelerator. > What are your views? What does the manual say, out of interest, and does it also have a Winter mode? -- The DervMan www.dervman.com
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