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07-26-2006 | 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by rodybmw' post='314669' date='Jul 24 2006, 09:59 PM
I don't know whether you use Sport mode on the SMG or not, but I ALWAYS use the Sport mode on my 545i SMG. The shifts are way too slow in non-sport mode.
07-26-2006 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by jamolie' post='315299' date='Jul 26 2006, 07:43 AM
No, I haven't been using the sport mode, but from today onwards I think I will. BTW, the Sport Mode does not affect the Auto mode does it? I agree that the shifts are way too slow in the non-sport mode.
Hahaha maybe I'm just ////M5 envious with their 6 settings.
07-26-2006 | 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jamolie' post='315299' date='Jul 26 2006, 07:43 AM
No, I haven't been using the sport mode, but from today onwards I think I will. BTW, the Sport Mode does not affect the Auto mode does it? I agree that the shifts are way too slow in the non-sport mode.
07-26-2006 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by rodybmw' post='315328' date='Jul 26 2006, 09:13 AM
The Sport mode does affect both Manual AND Automatic modes. Not only does it shift faster but it also has better/faster throttle response.
07-26-2006 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='315305' date='Jul 26 2006, 07:56 AM
I dont use sports mode that often anymore. I use to... I think I've gotten use to non-sports mode... during normal driving when I shift under 3k rpm just cruising acceleration, not pushing the car at all I can hear the car click into gear sometimes the clutch is let out faster than I need. So normal mode seems to be ok for slow easy driving. If I want to push it then oh man sports mode is good. Sometimes not fast enough.
Hahaha maybe I'm just ////M5 envious with their 6 settings.
Hahaha maybe I'm just ////M5 envious with their 6 settings.
The upshifts are fast enough most of the time in Sport mode, but the downshifts could still use improvement.
07-26-2006 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by jiio' post='315331' date='Jul 26 2006, 09:22 AM
Is it true that it also consumes gasoline at a higher rate than non-Sport mode? I think that I'm in the minority of SMG owners that drive in non-Sport and Auto mode a vast majority of the time. I save the Sport and Manual mode for the spirited drives.
Didn't someone post a couple of months ago that you can get better gas milage if you accelerate as fast as possible to the cruising speed vs. getting there at a slower acceleration rate? If so then sport mode may be an advantage here.
When I first took redelivery of my car it was January 2005 and I did not use the A/C for the next few months as well as always drove in non-sport mode. Then starting from about April I started using the sport mode exclusively as well as started using the A/C all the time because of the warmer weather. The intersting thing is that I got better gas milage when I started using the sport mode even though the added burden of the A/C happened to come at the same time vs. when I was using the non-sport mode and no A/C. However, all or part of the improvement in gas milage could also be attributed to the car being more broken in as time went by and therefore improve in gas milage.
07-26-2006 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by tab545' post='314476' date='Jul 24 2006, 03:12 PM
Nobody believes me, but I was tempted to get an STi instead of my 545. Long-term, the 545 fits my needs much better; but I was dying to drive the STi for a while. The wing on the back was a little much for people to picture a lawyer in. Oh, well. I guess my "boy racer" days will have to wait a while.
That should satiate your "boy racer" need
07-26-2006 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by JLS' post='315346' date='Jul 26 2006, 01:08 PM
M5 maybe??
That should satiate your "boy racer" need
That should satiate your "boy racer" need
Yea, but at a very painful price.
Talking about SMG Sports mode, I noticed today that I had to manually turn on the Sports Mode after starting the car, even though it was selected before I turned off the car. There doesn't seem to be a way to keep in on all the time?
07-26-2006 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by jamolie' post='315360' date='Jul 26 2006, 10:29 AM
Yea, but at a very painful price. Talking about SMG Sports mode, I noticed today that I had to manually turn on the Sports Mode after starting the car, even though it was selected before I turned off the car. There doesn't seem to be a way to keep in on all the time?
Talking about SMG Sports mode, I noticed today that I had to manually turn on the Sports Mode after starting the car, even though it was selected before I turned off the car. There doesn't seem to be a way to keep in on all the time?
07-26-2006 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by jiio' post='315331' date='Jul 26 2006, 09:22 AM
Is it true that it also consumes gasoline at a higher rate than non-Sport mode?
I'm going to overly simplify this... disreguarding wether accelerating faster saves more gas or accelerating slower saves more gas... SO basically if you're use to using 1/3 throttle to accelerate in normal mode you'll use 12 mpg but when you're in sports mode and accelerate using 1/3 throttle it might be equal to 1/2 throttle in normal mode hence you're using more gas. BUT if in sports mode you use 1/6th throttle then you might be using the same amount of gas as 1/3 in normal mode... Ka-peesh?