Date: 19 May 2003 15:51:51 -0700 From: schumy2nopsams.com (schumy) Subject: Re: "Sport Mode"
andrewunix <agreenbunopsamnet> wrote in message news:<slrnbcgc05.b81.agreenbunopsam.nyx.net>... > Fri, 16 May 2003 13:17:44 -0400, feenynopsam.org suggested: > : 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. > : Are there any other benifits to sport mode? > > It changes the shift points. That's pretty much all it does. > > : 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. > : What are your views? > > My car is a naturally-aspirated 4-cylinder, and I find the sport mode > preferable unless I'm on the highway. I've never had it downshift on me > when I didn't want it to. I have a 900set - the sport mode gives you slightly better mechanical grip in hard braking. I'll usually flip it on coming into a toll booth and leave it in during the exit... then when up to speed i'll turn it off.
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