Sport Mode or Auto

ROMEO · #1 09-15-2005, 01:40 PM

Guys is it healthy for the transmission to drive it on "sport mode" once in a while? or it doesnt matter? I really dont drive it too much on sport mode... I wonder if its healthy for my trainny to change once in a while... i noticed that i spend more gas on sport mode.... any sugestions?

statdoc · #2 09-15-2005, 01:41 PM

Healthy for the transmission or the driver?!

adrian.b · #3 09-15-2005, 01:46 PM

Sports mode is just a software change, it simply alters the speed in which the gears change (lets it rev more before changing) and probably gives it a little more gas.

DinanX5 · #4 09-15-2005, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by adrian.b

Sports mode is just a software change, it simply alters the speed in which the gears change (lets it rev more before changing) and probably gives it a little more gas.

I've heard this before, but I don't think it's true in the X5 (although I know it is true in the M3)... can anyone confirm for sure whether or not the X5's Sport mode changes the throttle mapping?

AlpineMsix · #5 09-15-2005, 02:33 PM

How bout this question..

What if im going down a steep hill.. and as some of you know the X5 seems to have weird shift points, so if you brake just a bit when going down the hill it just drops to the lowest gear so it slows down w/ the engine. That doesnt seem to healthy for the engine so I like to pop it into neutral sometimes when going down a steep hill.. now is it bad to engage it into drive while the car is in motion at like 40mphs..?

vinuneuro · #6 09-15-2005, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by imola4.8isWA

How bout this question..

What if im going down a steep hill.. and as some of you know the X5 seems to have weird shift points, so if you brake just a bit when going down the hill it just drops to the lowest gear so it slows down w/ the engine. That doesnt seem to healthy for the engine so I like to pop it into neutral sometimes when going down a steep hill.. now is it bad to engage it into drive while the car is in motion at like 40mphs..?

Yes, you shouldn't engage drive when moving. Also, there is nothing wrong with using engine braking going down a hil. Actually, you don't use fuel when that happens since the injectors close without any throttle input. When you get to around 1k rpm, it will open to allow idle. All thats happening when going down a hill in gear without throttle, is that the mass of all the moving components in the engine and transmission are providing a counter-force to the movemment of the vehicle. I hope that made sense.

rayxi · #7 09-16-2005, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by imola4.8isWA

How bout this question..

What if im going down a steep hill.. and as some of you know the X5 seems to have weird shift points, so if you brake just a bit when going down the hill it just drops to the lowest gear so it slows down w/ the engine. That doesnt seem to healthy for the engine so I like to pop it into neutral sometimes when going down a steep hill.. now is it bad to engage it into drive while the car is in motion at like 40mphs..?

The worst part about coasting down a hill in sport mode is getting back on the gas. Once the tranny has shifted to a lower gear and is controlling the speed with the engine it is impossible to get back on the gas without jolting the car forward. It feels like you're dropping the clutch at 3000 rpm in a manual.

Driving with the manual override in sport mode is much better but I my daily driver is a 330xi manual. If I'm not paying attention the muscle memory takes over and I catch myself trying to clutch during a shift.

03Topazbluex5 · #8 09-16-2005, 01:02 PM

I use sport mode when i need to get around the old ppl crowding the road in their coffins! Or women on their cell phones! Oh God!

I wish some ppl would learn how to drive!

cimbro · #9 09-21-2005, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by DinanX5

I've heard this before, but I don't think it's true in the X5 (although I know it is true in the M3)... can anyone confirm for sure whether or not the X5's Sport mode changes the throttle mapping?

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IN SPORT MODE CHANGE THE THROTTLE MAPPING?? DOES ANYONE KNOW IT?
THE MAX POWER DECLARED OF THE CAR IS EXPRESSED IN DRIVE AND SPORT TOGHETER OR IT IS IN SPORT?

jditom · #10 09-15-2005, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ROMEO

Guys is it healthy for the transmission to drive it on "sport mode" once in a while? or it doesnt matter? I really dont drive it too much on sport mode... I wonder if its healthy for my trainny to change once in a while... i noticed that i spend more gas on sport mode.... any sugestions?

I think it is good to wind out the engine every now and then. Knock some carbon off them valves. Make you grin :p and justify why you pruchased this machine above all the others

It will make no difference in tranny health.