KIS007

I am trying to help a neighbor with his new 2008 C63. Since I have a 2014, the transmission settings are obvious. I believe I read on this forum there is a way to engage Sport Plus on 2008 by using the stalk controls, but I can not find the thread. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

chrisridebike8

Nope. S+ is only available on the facelift models. Pre-FL have comfort/sport/manual.

Ingenieur

No such thing

One the ones that have it reminds me of spinal tap
"This amp goes to 11 not 10"
Lol

kgmuse

to those with facelift cars and sport plus, is there a significant difference over sport?

whoover

Yes, but it's just one of the differences between the torque convertor and MCT transmissions. S shifts faster in the MCT to begin with. But the shift program is faster yet in M and S+. Also, revs are held higher in S+ and I believe the rev-matching on downshift is only in S+ and M. I never drive in S so I'm not sure, but I don't think it blips in S.

So yes, S+ is a much better mode than S but it's all because of the MCT so S+ on a pre-MCT car doesn't compute.

KIS007

Thanks for the help guys. I will forward the bad news to my neighbor.

shades

There is a sport plus on the 08 or it acts just the same. While your in sport mode, pull the paddle to first gear. What this does is essentially the same thing as FL sport plus, which is it keeps it in the gear until redline and shifts to 2nd automatically for you...and so on up through the gears. give it a try. This is what it does for me in my 09 Pre FL

shades

Keep in mind the is no setting or selector for it though

whoover

That has nothing to do with S+.

zibby43

+1

SaphGreyC63

+2

Also, I really don't know why they have S and S+ in the FL models. I never ever drive in S. It's either C to warm up, S+, or M. Since I owned the car the only times I've ever driven in S is when I accidentally don't move it over to S+ (this lasts for about 10 seconds lol, so in two plus years of ownership I don't think I drove for 5 mins in S mode)

shades

I know exactly what you guys are referring to....im just letting the guy know there is a similar way to drive a PF car like a FL car. No your right it's not a S+, but believe me when you in sport mode and pull the shifter down to show 1st gear, it will hold the gear to redline and shift automatically to 2nd for you, and so on through the gears. It's really fun to drive like this as it will hold the gear nice and long for ya. This is usually race mode for me. Sport + shift down to 1st and forget about switching gears and just mash the pedal and hold on

whoover

But S+ doesn't do that, so you're confusing people. S+ is not that different from S with respect to shift points. It's a little more aggressive, but it doesn't stay in a gear to redline no matter what. I'm not sure what's good about doing 5,000 rpm in second under part throttle in traffic, but that's not similar to driving in S+. At all.

shades

I know what you saying and I don't intend to confuse the OP but I'm just saying there is more than just C, S, and M modes for the Pre FL. Like for example....i wouldn't say drive in that mode around town, but what you can do is put it in Sport mode, shift up to let's say 4th gear and now you can drive normal from 1st to 4th...but when you hit 4th gear it will now hold the gear until red line, which is pretty good city driving. Then when you are arriving on the highway, now you can hit it hard and it will be in 4th to redline and so on up through the gears. What I'm trying to provide for the OP is that there is more to just gear changing and shift points with the pre FL cars. There is always a happy medium with these cars. There are some fun driving points that not a lot guys know about. If his intension is to make a pre FL act like a FL, than that obviously is not gonna happen with a torque converter and an MCT tranny.

EngCon

Thanks for the replies fellas - I am KIS007's neighbor and new to the C63 Mercedes world. Anything that I can learn about this car is great. Thanks

Mort

Welcome, there is tons of info on this site, dig in.

Enjoy your C63.