Sport Drive (SD)
#1
![Thumbs down](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon13.gif)
Hey, what do you guys think of the Sport Drive mode on our automatics? I am used to driving manual (I had a 3 series for a while), and I finally went auto with my E60. I find that the Sport Drive function gives the car a little more pickup.
Does anyone else use the Sport Drive?
Does anyone else use the Sport Drive?
#2
Contributors
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brookline, MA, USA
Posts: 398
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2007 530Xi - Navigation, Premium package, Steptronic.
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Originally Posted by HOMEP1' post='410592' date='Apr 5 2007, 03:46 PM
Hey, what do you guys think of the Sport Drive mode on our automatics? I am used to driving manual (I had a 3 series for a while), and I finally went auto with my E60. I find that the Sport Drive function gives the car a little more pickup.
Does anyone else use the Sport Drive?
Does anyone else use the Sport Drive?
#3
Senior Members
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Scotland, UK
Posts: 279
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: E61 530d Touring, May 2004
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
I often flick to SD if needing to make a quick exit from a junction or away from the lights, as there is a noticeable lag in D.
Rarely use cross country, as if in cruise mode use D and if in pace mode use the manual shift mode.
Rarely use cross country, as if in cruise mode use D and if in pace mode use the manual shift mode.
#4
Contributors
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: New York
Posts: 349
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2004 550i - AS, SP, CWP, Nav, L7, Rear Sunshades, PDC, Comfort Seats
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Originally Posted by HOMEP1' post='410592' date='Apr 5 2007, 03:46 PM
Hey, what do you guys think of the Sport Drive mode on our automatics? I am used to driving manual (I had a 3 series for a while), and I finally went auto with my E60. I find that the Sport Drive function gives the car a little more pickup.
Does anyone else use the Sport Drive?
Does anyone else use the Sport Drive?
![Badbad](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/badbad.gif)
![Devil](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/devil.gif)
#5
Former Vendor
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Anaheim, CA
Posts: 19,460
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: F13 M6
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
yes there is more "pickup" in sport mode. i barely ever use it though. im always usually in manual mode. more fun in my opinion
plus i wanted a manual transmission to begin with..
![Wink](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/wink.gif)
#6
Senior Members
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 1,063
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Originally Posted by NeRwEEzy' post='410710' date='Apr 5 2007, 10:50 PM
yes there is more "pickup" in sport mode. i barely ever use it though. im always usually in manual mode. more fun in my opinion
plus i wanted a manual transmission to begin with..
![Wink](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/wink.gif)
#7
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Originally Posted by ExGMan' post='410597' date='Apr 5 2007, 09:07 PM
My only observations are that the Steptronic in the SD position...
ABC
#8
Senior Members
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Posts: 6,458
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
DS is just a lil bit different from D, but it doesn't do me justice as i found that most of the times when cronering hard or powersliding or whatever the gearbox even in DS will change into a higher gear at the slimest lift off the accelerator. The software isn't doing it's math right since i'm pulling alot of latteral G when i do that (or at least much more than normal) and it shouldn't allow it to change into a higher gear.
The scenario is this and frankly i'm tired of having it (hence i use M mode when i really drive fast):
DS approach a corner at high-medium revs, get it to drift slightly while feathering the accelerator, lift off at some point--->gearbox changes into the next gear---> a very idiotic sensation as you would expect the revs to be like just 2 seconds before into highs and you now sit into lower revs with lower power than expected. It's like vrooooooooM and then VROOOOOM after you already mashed your foot into the kickdown sensor. It's weird and for sure looks and sounds dumb.
Conclusion: Wana drive fast? Use Manual mode.
The scenario is this and frankly i'm tired of having it (hence i use M mode when i really drive fast):
DS approach a corner at high-medium revs, get it to drift slightly while feathering the accelerator, lift off at some point--->gearbox changes into the next gear---> a very idiotic sensation as you would expect the revs to be like just 2 seconds before into highs and you now sit into lower revs with lower power than expected. It's like vrooooooooM and then VROOOOOM after you already mashed your foot into the kickdown sensor. It's weird and for sure looks and sounds dumb.
Conclusion: Wana drive fast? Use Manual mode.
#9
Members
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Warwick, UK
Posts: 79
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: '05 530D Sport Auto plus bits.
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
On the new LCI box they also appear have remapped the throttle response in DS mode much like the Sport buttonin the M3. The only way I can describe it is that in normal mode 100% power is at 100% depression prior to the kick down notch. IN DS mode I reckon full power comes in at around 25%-40% throttle movement.
It certainly gets round the original lag problem and caught me out when I first flicked my new one onto Sport mode.
Fatlab
It certainly gets round the original lag problem and caught me out when I first flicked my new one onto Sport mode.
Fatlab
#10
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
I had a 650i with Step before I bought the 550i for the wifey and I am sorry to say that I miss the Sport button on my old 650i dearly. There is a DS and Sport button on the 650i and while the DS works as it does on the 5-series, the Sport button just turns the 650i into a beast!