Does steptronic “learn” your driving habits…
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Just curious if the ?steptronic? learns your driving habits?the reason I ask is with my first 545 (2 weeks of ownership) I drove it quite hard from day one and I really liked the way the tranny would shift?now with the 2nd one I am really going easy on it for the first 1000 miles and the tranny seems to be less aggressive with the shifting etc..(when I do get on it).
With both they?re normally driven in ?S? mode.
Am I imagining things?? And if not?when I do start driving it a bit harder will it then adapt to my new habits? Any way to reset things and start over?
With both they?re normally driven in ?S? mode.
Am I imagining things?? And if not?when I do start driving it a bit harder will it then adapt to my new habits? Any way to reset things and start over?
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I am not well versed on the "learning" ability of the Steptronic, but from my personal experience, yes it will change how it shifts when you get out of the break in period and begin driving the car more aggressively. The learning seems to me to be rather short-lived in that if you hit the gas hard, it will learn to wait and change gears at a higher RPM to take advantage the engine's power. When you ease up of the acceleration, the transmission learns pretty quickly that you've changed you driving style and it will again lower the RPM at which it shifts. If you're always pretty aggressive, I assume it will keep those higher shift points.
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Couple of things.
1. You should not be going too easy on your engine during the break-in period. While you should respect the 4500 rpm limit, you should drive the engine reqularly at all rpms up to this limit to break it in properly. It will be much worse if you always keep it at 2000 rpm or less and then suddenly wick it up to red-line the instant your break-in period is over.
2. I do not believe the learning of the steptronic is a long term thing. More like it learns how you are driving that day or since the car last went into sleep mode.
1. You should not be going too easy on your engine during the break-in period. While you should respect the 4500 rpm limit, you should drive the engine reqularly at all rpms up to this limit to break it in properly. It will be much worse if you always keep it at 2000 rpm or less and then suddenly wick it up to red-line the instant your break-in period is over.
2. I do not believe the learning of the steptronic is a long term thing. More like it learns how you are driving that day or since the car last went into sleep mode.
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Originally Posted by DXXXi' date='Nov 16 2004, 02:48 PM
Couple of things.
1. You should not be going too easy on your engine during the break-in period.? While you should respect the 4500 rpm limit, you should drive the engine reqularly at all rpms up to this limit to break it in properly.? It will be much worse if you always keep it at 2000 rpm or less and then suddenly wick it up to red-line the instant your break-in period is over.
2. I do not believe the learning of the steptronic is a long term thing.? More like it learns how you are driving that day or since the car last went into sleep mode.
1. You should not be going too easy on your engine during the break-in period.? While you should respect the 4500 rpm limit, you should drive the engine reqularly at all rpms up to this limit to break it in properly.? It will be much worse if you always keep it at 2000 rpm or less and then suddenly wick it up to red-line the instant your break-in period is over.
2. I do not believe the learning of the steptronic is a long term thing.? More like it learns how you are driving that day or since the car last went into sleep mode.
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2) exactly what I was trying to say in a very roundabout way. The learning is shortlived.
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To "reset" your steptronic memory, try this:
Turn your ignition on, but don't start the engine. Wait 15secs and then switch off. Turn on and start as normal.
The difference will depend on how you've been driving the car, of course. If you have had a lot of heavy town driving, you'll notice a big performance improvement!
Turn your ignition on, but don't start the engine. Wait 15secs and then switch off. Turn on and start as normal.
The difference will depend on how you've been driving the car, of course. If you have had a lot of heavy town driving, you'll notice a big performance improvement!
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Originally Posted by golfnut' date='Nov 16 2004, 03:46 PM
To "reset" your steptronic memory, try this:
Turn your ignition on, but don't start the engine. Wait 15secs and then switch off. Turn on and start as normal.
The difference will depend on how you've been driving the car, of course. If you have had a lot of heavy town driving, you'll notice a big performance improvement!
Turn your ignition on, but don't start the engine. Wait 15secs and then switch off. Turn on and start as normal.
The difference will depend on how you've been driving the car, of course. If you have had a lot of heavy town driving, you'll notice a big performance improvement!
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