Downshifting by tapping gas pedal
10-01-2010, 02:51 PM
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Downshifting by tapping gas pedal
So seems that if you tap the gas pedal twice (light taps) it downshifts a gear to raise rpms in case you about to floor it or doing engine breaking.
10-05-2010, 06:05 PM
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I played with it over the weekend but I coudn't get it to do this.
I assume you let off the gas and tap it then?
I assume you let off the gas and tap it then?
10-05-2010, 07:09 PM
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Although the feature works why would you want to use your gas pedal to down shift and then step again on the pedal to speed up.
That's what the gear shift is for. Or step on the pedal so slow down that all makes sense to me
That's what the gear shift is for. Or step on the pedal so slow down that all makes sense to me
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10-08-2010, 01:28 PM
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manual shifting is way too slow, it's made for limiting gears as mentioned above not really manual shifting, although it comes handy.
This feature is somewhat useful when rolling in traffic and getting ready to accelerate before actually flooring it.
And yes I only tried in S mode.
This feature is somewhat useful when rolling in traffic and getting ready to accelerate before actually flooring it.
And yes I only tried in S mode.
10-08-2010, 09:54 PM
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manual shifting is way too slow, it's made for limiting gears as mentioned above not really manual shifting, although it comes handy.
This feature is somewhat useful when rolling in traffic and getting ready to accelerate before actually flooring it.
And yes I only tried in S mode.
This feature is somewhat useful when rolling in traffic and getting ready to accelerate before actually flooring it.
And yes I only tried in S mode.
10-09-2010, 08:53 AM
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it is a shame we can't have a lot of things in USA in terms of cars...but one thing is that US has cheapest cars prolly in the world. I bet GLK in US costs less than in Germany.
10-09-2010, 09:33 AM
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it does and one of the reasons is we dont have a VAT.....yet..... If you compare prices you can see how VAT can be an economy crusher, the dollar is weak against the euro now, im certainly not complaining about the price of German cars in America, were getting a good deal compared to rest of world. However I wonder if the transmission change could be made with adding a module or some kind of reprogramming...wishful thinking
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10-15-2010, 07:08 PM
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