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Originally Posted by OrangeFurious
Out of curiosity, how many folks here actually just drop it in Sport for daily use? I've always saved Sport or M mode on my cars for when I mean it, but know a handful of people just switch to hyperdrive as soon as they turn the key.
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I fall into the camp of using it sporadically and for specific purposes...and it's only for short periods of time...like in the two examples below:
- to cancel ATC (especially the warm up cycle) on cold mornings when I need to force it to quit due to traffic situations that call for faster response than what the cycle calls for. I prefer to go into S mode instead of forcing the cycle to quit...which usually results in a very harsh shift from 1st to 2nd. Moving into Sport mode, the tranny shifts smoothly into 2nd, and from there, you can easily go back into D since the warm up cycle shift mode has been cancelled due to reaching 25 MPH.
- when I know I need to move out faster than normal to get around a "traffic" situation when at a light. The extreme Sport mode is going to give me the opportunity to take advantage of the engine's power reserve by delaying the 1st to 2nd shift...I prefer letting the car do it than using manual mode in this scenario.
Just some FYI to those that may not be "up" on how BMW incorporated "fuzzy logic" into ATC (adaptive transmission control) and the driver/environmental influenced modes (aka AGS features) of the TCM (transmission control module):