Automatic (select shift) question

[sut72]

I read in the brochure that the car blips throttle on downshifts if is sport+ Or track mode.

Is this true? And any YouTube clips showing it?

Cheers J

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[slowhand99]

I read in the brochure that the car blips throttle on downshifts if is sport+ Or track mode.

Is this true? And any YouTube clips showing it?

Cheers J

True. Haven't found any clips yet.

 

[Actual]

I read in the brochure that the car blips throttle on downshifts if is sport+ Or track mode.

Is this true? And any YouTube clips showing it?

Cheers J

I use Sport but not Sport+. If you set the auto transmission selector to Sport then for example when driving hard and transitioning from accelerating to braking hard such as on approach to a roundabout it will raise the revs without the power driving the wheels so you can then get back on the gas and power through the roundabout if it is clear.

I also use Sport for engine braking when descending on mountain passes and then it won't raise the revs on those circumstances probably because it doesn't detect a phase going from acceleration to braking. This assumes you don't accelerate down steep mountain passes into hairpin bends.

I'm using Sport more and more as I get used to the car and desire the extra responsiveness and now that the weather is hot and dry for my MPSS.

Another use for Sport is on the motorway. In Sport Manual you stay in the selected gear so if you are in 6th and you bury the gas then it doesn't change down which means you don't actually take off. If you want to really move then click down one or two times and then hit the gas.

 

[Enoch]

Even in normal drive mode, I flick the left lever as I'm approaching a roundabout or slower moving traffic.
The throttle blips on the downchange, and it holds that gear until you touch the throttle again...

I'll go from 6th, 5th, 4th and 3rd, and it's just like changing down in a manual (as long as you don't touch the gas)

 

[twold]

Interestingly before I fitted axlebacks I could hardly hear the throttle blip going down the gears in sport mode,(old ears sadly....) but now it is very noticeable.However I have noticed that when going from specifically 4th to 3rd gear I only get the throttle blip 50% of the time, maybe in that change down it is always in a rev/driving range where it does not activate the blip but not that bothered to be honest.

 

[sut72]

Even in normal drive mode, I flick the left lever as I'm approaching a roundabout or slower moving traffic.
The throttle blips on the downchange, and it holds that gear until you touch the throttle again...

I'll go from 6th, 5th, 4th and 3rd, and it's just like changing down in a manual (as long as you don't touch the gas)

Sounds the same principle as SLK55 but with added blip fun.

 

[MrWolf]

True. Very obvious going from third into second

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