Back to the S/C button
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Back to the S/C button
Ok, granted, Comfort starts on 2nd gear and Standard (or wrongly called Sport) starts on 1st gear, my questions is more towards the stress on the gear-box/transmission, I read somewhere it was recommended to switch on to S mode when in city driving. Is this true? Should we primarily drive on S mode not in terms of a driving experience but in reference to having less stress on the gear-box/transmission?
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It is alway a compromise.
1st gear often gives abrupt movement, what gives high stress to drivetrain. Than additional gear change brings additional clutch wear.
I'd tend to choose fluid mixing on 2nd gear, even my E250BT is not giving me such choice.
But on older SL500 starting on 1st gear was creating headaches, unless I feathered gas pedal, so I kept it on W mainly for that reason.
1st gear often gives abrupt movement, what gives high stress to drivetrain. Than additional gear change brings additional clutch wear.
I'd tend to choose fluid mixing on 2nd gear, even my E250BT is not giving me such choice.
But on older SL500 starting on 1st gear was creating headaches, unless I feathered gas pedal, so I kept it on W mainly for that reason.
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From: Costa Rica
2005 E500
It is alway a compromise.
1st gear often gives abrupt movement, what gives high stress to drivetrain. Than additional gear change brings additional clutch wear.
I'd tend to choose fluid mixing on 2nd gear, even my E250BT is not giving me such choice.
But on older SL500 starting on 1st gear was creating headaches, unless I feathered gas pedal, so I kept it on W mainly for that reason.
1st gear often gives abrupt movement, what gives high stress to drivetrain. Than additional gear change brings additional clutch wear.
I'd tend to choose fluid mixing on 2nd gear, even my E250BT is not giving me such choice.
But on older SL500 starting on 1st gear was creating headaches, unless I feathered gas pedal, so I kept it on W mainly for that reason.
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I've noticed that when I keep in s and go a bit harder uphill with acceleration it holds gear much longer,also with pedal to the floor when i release it holds gear much longer,i leave mine most of the time in s but when that happens i just go in comfort then it shifts early.
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I've noticed that when I keep in s and go a bit harder uphill with acceleration it holds gear much longer,also with pedal to the floor when i release it holds gear much longer,i leave mine most of the time in s but when that happens i just go in comfort then it shifts early.
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I kept my E63 in C or M 99% of the time. First gear was just annoying when not using the paddle shifters so I rarely used S mode.
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I use comfort mode 90% of the time on both of my cars, they have plenty of torque and feel much smoother with a 2nd gear start, almost electric. Sport mode is handy for drag racing though, put it in S, select first gear and it won't upshift until redline even if you feather the throttle. Manual mode is useless because it's so slow, shift at 5500 and still hit the rev limiter.
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these cars are built this way for a reason.. it is highly unlikely they would even have the car default to Comfort and start in 2nd gear if it would cause strain and ruin the tranny... it just a matter of preference.. once you get a tune, comfort begins to feel like sport used to feel 
... thats my recommendation!!
... thats my recommendation!!
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That is a really good point. It probably make a bit of a difference to use on or the other, but at the end it may very well be as minimum to even bother, so yeah, agreed. Thanks!
