"C" Mode
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"C" Mode
If you launch in C mode what gear is the tranny starting in? and how much faster in shifting terms is "S" mode? bueller.... bueller..... bueller
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I have experimented in all modes, and I can tell you "C" mode is for those rare occasions when Grandparents are driving the Beast. "C" must stand for "Cadillac" as is "it drives like a large 1970'ish Cadillac." "S" is the only option until I reach age 80.
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Very important not to cruise the car around in C mode. Too much torque to be starting this 2 ton monster in 2nd gear. Had a guy actually have some tranny problems from it last year.
"No C for You!!!" says the AMG soup ****.
"No C for You!!!" says the AMG soup ****.
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also noted when i put my foot down it down shifts from 2nd to first and this is not under full throttle...so
S is nice but it just jumps and screams and tells me to go go go. But I have to break as there is no where to go
(traffic)So ‘C’ helps me enjoy my ride and tell the car to behave and not to get me into evil mode !
‘S’ Evil mode is engaged late at night or on stretchy roads …ahh the sweet sent of rubber
Back topic, C mode starts in 2nd gear (start driving in C mode come to a stop [traffic light] then engage M mode, you will see it will go from 2nd to 1rst gear)
Also shifts end earlier in C mode.
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Probably not. It seems to have little or no effect at WOT. My '06 will immediately go to first and shift near red line even in "C". Maybe there is a little difference, but not much.
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My two cents.
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It definately slowed you down. Maybe not by 0.35 seconds, but I would say at least by 0.1 seconds if it did extended your shift-speed a little at every gear change.
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You went to race your car at a drag strip and forgot to engage S mode
or was it a test to se if there was any difference
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Hey it was my 1st time at the drags with my car and for some reason I felt some pressure....maybe it was Adam filming me as I starting to head towards the line. I still ran 3-12.2's and a couple of 12.3 & a couple of 12.4's....not to bad for
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No, when I got ready to run I thinking about the tree & my launch , burnout, turn the ESP off and then I confused myself and remembered someone saying something about comfort mode so I switched it to C mode and left it there all day. The next thing I noticed around 3pm was that I had my suspension setting set to II. I turned it off at that point I finally had the suspension set up right just not the tranny.
Hey it was my 1st time at the drags with my car and for some reason I felt some pressure....maybe it was Adam filming me as I starting to head towards the line. I still ran 3-12.2's and a couple of 12.3 & a couple of 12.4's....not to bad for
Hey it was my 1st time at the drags with my car and for some reason I felt some pressure....maybe it was Adam filming me as I starting to head towards the line. I still ran 3-12.2's and a couple of 12.3 & a couple of 12.4's....not to bad for
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thnx
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Maybe some of the experts can chime in here for more info.....
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Question about the suspension manual. Is sport 1 a harder ride than sport 2? I tested both the ride and it seems sp.1 was harder for some reason. When I put it into park and turn off the engine the suspension goes down. Is it supposed to do that? If anything when driveing the suspension should go down no?
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Question about the suspension manual. Is sport 1 a harder ride than sport 2? I tested both the ride and it seems sp.1 was harder for some reason. When I put it into park and turn off the engine the suspension goes down. Is it supposed to do that? If anything when driveing the suspension should go down no?
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Question about the suspension manual. Is sport 1 a harder ride than sport 2? I tested both the ride and it seems sp.1 was harder for some reason. When I put it into park and turn off the engine the suspension goes down. Is it supposed to do that? If anything when driveing the suspension should go down no?
1. I thought (still think) the Sport 2 is "stiffer" than Sport 1. I.e. the progression is from "comfort" (softest, or least stiff, really, b/c as MB_Forever correctly points out, even in "comfort" our cars are tight (correctly so, IMO), then to "Sport 1" (middle), and then "Sport 2" for tightest ride. This is the protocol I have been going by for years, at various stages of my driving, and the feel of the rides appear to correlate: Comfort for highway, Sport 1 normal around town, and then Sport 2 for .......um....shall we say "assertive" driving.
2. suspension moving up and down: I use the "rise suspension" feature quite often, as I frequent a country home that has gravel/mud, etc. While sitting still, I experiment/play with the feature, and can actually see it rise and fall, though the movement in total appears to be an inch or so.
I think, think, that the computer adjusts (dynamically, on the fly) the height of the shocks, depending on your type of driving at any particular moment.
One more than one occasion, after forgetting to turn off the "rise suspension" button, once I got to a certain higher speed, the computer tells me it is automatically lowering the suspension b/c I am going faster than the higher suspension warrants.
And, it might be that the "rest" position is the lower suspension.
I am rambling a bit, but what I am trying to say is that the suspension adjustments seem to be quite broad ranging, and computer automatic.
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Not sure if I am hearing you correctly, but here is my experience:
1. I thought (still think) the Sport 2 is "stiffer" than Sport 1. I.e. the progression is from "comfort" (softest, or least stiff, really, b/c as MB_Forever correctly points out, even in "comfort" our cars are tight (correctly so, IMO), then to "Sport 1" (middle), and then "Sport 2" for tightest ride. This is the protocol I have been going by for years, at various stages of my driving, and the feel of the rides appear to correlate: Comfort for highway, Sport 1 normal around town, and then Sport 2 for .......um....shall we say "assertive" driving.
1. I thought (still think) the Sport 2 is "stiffer" than Sport 1. I.e. the progression is from "comfort" (softest, or least stiff, really, b/c as MB_Forever correctly points out, even in "comfort" our cars are tight (correctly so, IMO), then to "Sport 1" (middle), and then "Sport 2" for tightest ride. This is the protocol I have been going by for years, at various stages of my driving, and the feel of the rides appear to correlate: Comfort for highway, Sport 1 normal around town, and then Sport 2 for .......um....shall we say "assertive" driving.
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The suspension does indeed lower itself when reaching a certain speed (60-70 MPH I believe) and cancels the raising feature also at that speed.
I believe the car does lower itself when turned off and raises when turned on.
I believe the car does lower itself when turned off and raises when turned on.
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North Jersey roads are not the best around so I always drive in C mode. I would like to drive w. S mode constantly but I feel the ride is too bumpy and puts stress on the car. At high speeds wouldn't it be better to be on a stiffer suspension rather than soft?
