Touchshift Question
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Touchshift Question
I've read in the manual that if you are driving at a certain gear other than 5th gear, and you HOLD the shifter to the left, the dashboard indicator will automatically display the gear that the car is in.
Example: You are driving around 80km/h in 3rd gear, your dashboard indicator says D for drive. You hold shifter to the left, it should change from D to 3. Has anyone tried this?
Example: You are driving around 80km/h in 3rd gear, your dashboard indicator says D for drive. You hold shifter to the left, it should change from D to 3. Has anyone tried this?
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Yes it will show you what gear you are in because you will be downshifting to the lowest gear possible based on the speed you are going.
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Yeah, it's not like it will "just show you" the gear your in while in Automatic. No, if you hold to the left it will go into "Touchshift mode" meaning that you'll be able to select your own gears from that point on (until you upshift to 5 which is also "D").
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if ur in "D", and u hold the lever to the left while accelerating, not only will "D" change to the current GEAR ur supposed to be in, but you'll also see the tranny downshift.....say.... from "D" to "4" to "3" or "2" depending on how hard u floor the accelerator. From there, you'll have to tap it manually to upshift.
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If you hold the gear lever to the left the car will shift to the lowest possible gear, however in the C32 it will be more aggressive...I mean when I drive C32 in "D" mode at about 35mph, if I hold the gear lever to the left then it will downshift to "3" or sometimes even "2", on my C200K it will only downshift to "4".
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Re: Touchshift Question
Originally posted by Big Sheesh
Example: You are driving around 80km/h in 3rd gear, your dashboard indicator says D for drive. You hold shifter to the left, it should change from D to 3. Has anyone tried this?
Example: You are driving around 80km/h in 3rd gear, your dashboard indicator says D for drive. You hold shifter to the left, it should change from D to 3. Has anyone tried this?
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Originally posted by 02Impressor
Yeah, it's not like it will "just show you" the gear your in while in Automatic. No, if you hold to the left it will go into "Touchshift mode" meaning that you'll be able to select your own gears from that point on (until you upshift to 5 which is also "D").
Yeah, it's not like it will "just show you" the gear your in while in Automatic. No, if you hold to the left it will go into "Touchshift mode" meaning that you'll be able to select your own gears from that point on (until you upshift to 5 which is also "D").
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Originally posted by Matt230K
There is no touchshift "mode". You always have to select your highest gear. If you put it in D, you are selecting to have 5th be the highest gear that it goes to. If you push it to the left, you will change which gear you want to be the highest. You can always select your own gears. There is only one mode.
There is no touchshift "mode". You always have to select your highest gear. If you put it in D, you are selecting to have 5th be the highest gear that it goes to. If you push it to the left, you will change which gear you want to be the highest. You can always select your own gears. There is only one mode.
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Its really easy to hit the rev limiter. Go like 45 mph, keep slamming the touch shift left while keeping foot of the gas, and wait till it goes to 4k rpm in say 2nd gear. Immediately floor the crap out of it and boom
Mine starts to cut off fuel and pull back and forth.
Now my car is making some crappy noises.
What sucks is that u can only rev to 4k rpm if ur stopped. I dont like that. Espeically if u have a Manual and u want to drop the clutch real high. Dealer vehicles are great for this. Gotta love it
Mine starts to cut off fuel and pull back and forth.
Now my car is making some crappy noises.
What sucks is that u can only rev to 4k rpm if ur stopped. I dont like that. Espeically if u have a Manual and u want to drop the clutch real high. Dealer vehicles are great for this. Gotta love it
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Originally posted by 02Impressor
Meaning that I use it at nights, primarily when the streets are empty, and the freeways/highways/roadways are perfect for racing.
Meaning that I use it at nights, primarily when the streets are empty, and the freeways/highways/roadways are perfect for racing.
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Originally posted by x15jq
What sucks is that u can only rev to 4k rpm if ur stopped. I dont like that. Espeically if u have a Manual and u want to drop the clutch real high. Dealer vehicles are great for this. Gotta love it
What sucks is that u can only rev to 4k rpm if ur stopped. I dont like that. Espeically if u have a Manual and u want to drop the clutch real high. Dealer vehicles are great for this. Gotta love it
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I use my touchshift all the time.
a. Downshifting
1. Corners
2. On steep downhills to avoid goosing the brakes
b. For quick takeoffs
If you put in on 1 and gun it, it will go to redline on each gear before changing, or close to it, which is a little unnerving if you are pushing hard through a corner and suddenly....
bump to next gear by itself.
When I'm going fast in a corner and pushing it, I want it to stay in gear!
But then i don't live in the flatlanders like most of you guys...
I got some serious fun roads in my backyard, or seriously dangerous if yer not careful.
And then there's the adaptive portion of the tranny...sometimes it won't upshift...I guess it thinks it knows better.
Times like that I wish I had the manual shift.
But sitting in bumper to bumper traffic...well it's a good compromise.
I find taking of from 3rd seems to work better than D.
And 3 is the gear I use the most on mountain roads for better control.
a. Downshifting
1. Corners
2. On steep downhills to avoid goosing the brakes
b. For quick takeoffs
If you put in on 1 and gun it, it will go to redline on each gear before changing, or close to it, which is a little unnerving if you are pushing hard through a corner and suddenly....
bump to next gear by itself.
When I'm going fast in a corner and pushing it, I want it to stay in gear!
But then i don't live in the flatlanders like most of you guys...
I got some serious fun roads in my backyard, or seriously dangerous if yer not careful.
And then there's the adaptive portion of the tranny...sometimes it won't upshift...I guess it thinks it knows better.
Times like that I wish I had the manual shift.
But sitting in bumper to bumper traffic...well it's a good compromise.
I find taking of from 3rd seems to work better than D.
And 3 is the gear I use the most on mountain roads for better control.
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If I am at high speed and I want to downshift to lower gear, if by doing so will hit the red line, will the system prevent me from downshift? I am still not brave enough to try it... (I am talking about touchshift)
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The system will prevent it.
Afraid tyo try!
Heck, I couldn't drive without it!
It will only go into a gear if below redline, and will upshift by itself, when it hits close to redline.
count your clicks wisely grasshoppah.
Afraid tyo try!
Heck, I couldn't drive without it!
It will only go into a gear if below redline, and will upshift by itself, when it hits close to redline.
count your clicks wisely grasshoppah.
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Originally posted by x15jq
Its really easy to hit the rev limiter. Go like 45 mph, keep slamming the touch shift left while keeping foot of the gas, and wait till it goes to 4k rpm in say 2nd gear. Immediately floor the crap out of it and boom
Mine starts to cut off fuel and pull back and forth.
Now my car is making some crappy noises.
What sucks is that u can only rev to 4k rpm if ur stopped. I dont like that. Espeically if u have a Manual and u want to drop the clutch real high. Dealer vehicles are great for this. Gotta love it
Its really easy to hit the rev limiter. Go like 45 mph, keep slamming the touch shift left while keeping foot of the gas, and wait till it goes to 4k rpm in say 2nd gear. Immediately floor the crap out of it and boom
Mine starts to cut off fuel and pull back and forth.
Now my car is making some crappy noises.
What sucks is that u can only rev to 4k rpm if ur stopped. I dont like that. Espeically if u have a Manual and u want to drop the clutch real high. Dealer vehicles are great for this. Gotta love it
The limiter is there to prevent you from over revving the engine when there is no load on the motor. 4K is dead smack in the middle of the power band, youve got over 200ft-lbs of torque, and HP is climbing...there's little need to rev higher for a launch...you'll just wear out the clutch faster. I find 3500 gives the best launch anyway.
Last edited by Outland; Jan 29, 2003 at 07:29 AM.
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I have an auto. I never droip my car from neutral as its not possible. I treat my car well, and only tried that procedure on the loaner c230 lol.
Its in the shop seein if they can find the problem
The 03 seems much faster with the 1.8 engine, my engine sounds all rough n stuff
Its in the shop seein if they can find the problem
The 03 seems much faster with the 1.8 engine, my engine sounds all rough n stuff
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i know this cant be good for my car but lately like if i am at a traffic light and i am with my friend or someone next to me i use the touch shift and leave it in 1 if i see a traffic very very close the other. the reason for this is because when its in first gear and is already revving at 5k, lol one little tap on the gas makes u feel like the cars god 400lbs of toqure. So lets hear it? how bad is this for my car?
So lets hear it? how bad is this for my car?
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Originally posted by BlackC230Coupe
So lets hear it? how bad is this for my car?
So lets hear it? how bad is this for my car?
Seriously though, I don't know what you are asking. You're gonna have to be a little more clear.
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Originally posted by Matt230K
First you gotta put down the drink, get some sleep and try to explain yourself better tomorrow.
Seriously though, I don't know what you are asking. You're gonna have to be a little more clear.
First you gotta put down the drink, get some sleep and try to explain yourself better tomorrow.
Seriously though, I don't know what you are asking. You're gonna have to be a little more clear.
I agree.
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Originally posted by BlackC230Coupe
i know this cant be good for my car but lately like if i am at a traffic light and i am with my friend or someone next to me i use the touch shift and leave it in 1 if i see a traffic very very close the other. the reason for this is because when its in first gear and is already revving at 5k, lol one little tap on the gas makes u feel like the cars god 400lbs of toqure. So lets hear it? how bad is this for my car?
i know this cant be good for my car but lately like if i am at a traffic light and i am with my friend or someone next to me i use the touch shift and leave it in 1 if i see a traffic very very close the other. the reason for this is because when its in first gear and is already revving at 5k, lol one little tap on the gas makes u feel like the cars god 400lbs of toqure.
So lets hear it? how bad is this for my car?
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Originally posted by Margo
Hey O2, where do you live in Brooklyn? I moved to AZ from Bensonhurst 20 years ago and I still miss Brooklyn.
Hey O2, where do you live in Brooklyn? I moved to AZ from Bensonhurst 20 years ago and I still miss Brooklyn.
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Originally posted by viper
I agree.
I agree.
What i was trying to say was, if i feel like playing around if i am stopped at a traffic light, but see another light Red in front of me i will use the touch shift and not shift from 1st gear, when i am about half way to the light it is fun to just tap on the gas and feel the car jerk forward with alot of power. At the time it is at redline it is time for me to stop since the light is red. All i was saying is i basicly am having the car revving at 4-5k as i am drving 20mph. Stupid? i know it is. But its fun to feel the power that way, not to mention it is loud. But i was just asking how bad it is for the car?
