What actually triggers cruising?
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What actually triggers cruising?
I'm talking about when you release the gas, the car shifts itself to neutral (little blue sailboat icon). I have no idea what actually triggers it. Sometimes it's on after prolonged driving but sometimes it's on 5 min after engine switched on.
On the side note, how to turn it off?
On the side note, how to turn it off?
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Apparently it's called gliding. I remember reading about it in the manual. You have to be in comfort mode and going between a certain speed. Believe it's 25- 65. Release the gas in a "coasting" situation. It decouples the trans to save fuel
Dasani beat me to it.
Dasani beat me to it.
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atleast S if not S+ 
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I'm surprised you feel the switch. While I've only had the car do it a few times to me, I didn't notice the transition.
In terms of how good it might be for the trans, it's designed this way so I'm sure it will be just fine.
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Well I think I'm more sensitive then. I could definitely feel the switch from D to sailing. It's like a surge (ever so slightly). Then when the tranny engages back to D, I felt a slight hold back. I don't think it's gonna save too much fuel. I don't really like this feature.
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Well I think I'm more sensitive then. I could definitely feel the switch from D to sailing. It's like a surge (ever so slightly). Then when the tranny engages back to D, I felt a slight hold back. I don't think it's gonna save too much fuel. I don't really like this feature.
Then why not drive in Sport or Sport + or simply hit the autostart button to turn it off and the feature will be disabled.
