Sports Mode
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Seeking advice for those who use semi manual function.
Just wondering how to utitlise sports mode function on auto cars. Handbook didn't specify anything.
There's a + and - sign next to N, P, R and D mode.
If I start on 1st gear as per normal and shift to the second and third etc, does the gas pedal act as a clutch?
How to shift down? By using brake pedal as clutch too?
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Just up/down your gear as per normal, minus the clutch pedal. There's no need to worry about the clutch.
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Ok try it out later and report back.
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Just floor the accelerator, no need to release the accelerator when upshifting.
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just floor it and change!!!..
when i rush home(to pee), my gear 1 always till 30. gear 3 till 90 then change to 4.
but i see all the youtube videos for my car, they only change to gear 4 at 200. -
Just keep accelerator depressed. There's no need to release it when you nudge the "+" or "-".
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Originally posted by sinicker:
just floor it and change!!!..
when i rush home(to pee), my gear 1 always till 30. gear 3 till 90 then change to 4.
but i see all the youtube videos for my car, they only change to gear 4 at 200.
mazda 3 cant reach 200... -
Originally posted by n0x:
mazda 3 cant reach 200...That's what I was thinking. Unless it's a high performance sports car, how can the 3rd gear go to 200km/h?
Unless it's 200m/s he's talking about.
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Originally posted by n0x:
mazda 3 cant reach 200...
oh sorry. i just took a look at the youtube video again. it's a 2.3L mazda 3.
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Originally posted by alleggerita:
That's what I was thinking. Unless it's a high performance sports car, how can the 3rd gear go to 200km/h?
Unless it's 200m/s he's talking about.
200 m/s is 720km/h!!!! hahaha. -
Originally posted by sinicker:
200 m/s is 720km/h!!!! hahaha.I didn't know 200m/s is faster than 200km/h. I forgot to go calculate first. My bad.
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Does sport mode do much?
When my dad uses sport mode, feel like nothing much happens..
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hi allgerita and nightsky87, just to clarify, you guys driven on this mode before or not ar?
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Originally posted by Kenneth93rox:
Sports mode doesn't do much, does it?
When my dad uses sport mode, feel like nothing much happens..
ok how does he do it?
no idea how much it does but since it's there, might as well play with it?
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hey chip.. i've tried it before.. just change + or - that's all.. quite different but eat more fuel also
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Originally posted by tinuviel07:
hey chip.. i've tried it before.. just change + or - that's all.. quite different but eat more fuel also
cool, what about shifting down? same thing? no need to reduce speed first?
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yup reduce speed first... it would prob spoil the gearbox if you don't slow down first but i haven tried without slowing down..
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Originally posted by tinuviel07:
yup reduce speed first... it would prob spoil the gearbox if you don't slow down first but i haven tried without slowing down..
kao... but your gearbox is fine?
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yup.. it's fine hahah.. go try it =)
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Originally posted by tinuviel07:
yup.. it's fine hahah.. go try it =)
i'll try it on a weekend in case it blows up outside the mamashop the way it did last monday.
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lol what blew up?
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Originally posted by tinuviel07:
yup reduce speed first... it would prob spoil the gearbox if you don't slow down first but i haven tried without slowing down..
No need say reduce speed first then downshift. Just release accelerator then can downshift already. If the gearbox is good enough, it might even blip the throttle for you.
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And actually the whole purpose of manual override is to provide more engine braking, that's all.
It doesn't help much with acceleration, unless you go study the power graph of your engine and determine where's the best point to upshift.
For most auto gearbox with manual override function, it will automatically upshift at redline. But for some marques, they prefer to make it more manual-like so it holds on to the gear even if it's at the redline. BMW's auto gearbox with manual function is one example. It will not shift up unless you ask it to.
So the main purpose is to let you nudge "-" to downshift and achieve greater engine braking. So it's made to downshift, don't be afraid to do it. It most probably won't damage the gearbox because its processor will know what to do to achieve downshift.
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Originally posted by alleggerita:
And actually the whole purpose of manual override is to provide more engine braking, that's all.
It doesn't help much with acceleration, unless you go study the power graph of your engine and determine where's the best point to upshift.
For most auto gearbox with manual override function, it will automatically upshift at redline. But for some marques, they prefer to make it more manual-like so it holds on to the gear even if it's at the redline. BMW's auto gearbox with manual function is one example. It will not shift up unless you ask it to.
So the main purpose is to let you nudge "-" to downshift and achieve greater engine braking. So it's made to downshift, don't be afraid to do it. It most probably won't damage the gearbox because its processor will know what to do to achieve downshift.
Don't think i'll get serious enough to study charts and graphs.
Try it once and see what happens.
Thanks mate!
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And of course,there's paddle shifts which is found in most European cars and is now increasingly common on Japanese's too.(i.e new Mazda 6 and Lancer EX GT).
So u dont have to upshift at the gearstick but instead toggle at the steering wheel paddle shifters to have a F1 feel