Anyone feel their car faster when rolling from 2nd instead of kicking down to 2nd?
04-03-2011, 12:01 PM
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Anyone feel their car faster when rolling from 2nd instead of kicking down to 2nd?
Let me explain myself.
I go WOT at 40mph in DRIVE and the car kicks down to 2nd gear and it feels....meh ( definitely not slow...but not crazy either ).
Then I go WOT at 40mph with the gear selector in 2nd at it feels CRAZY. I Honestly feel it is faster.
Has anyone experienced this before? Maybe the car is retarding a lot of timing on the downshift?
I go WOT at 40mph in DRIVE and the car kicks down to 2nd gear and it feels....meh ( definitely not slow...but not crazy either ).
Then I go WOT at 40mph with the gear selector in 2nd at it feels CRAZY. I Honestly feel it is faster.
Has anyone experienced this before? Maybe the car is retarding a lot of timing on the downshift?
04-03-2011, 04:58 PM
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You're right. It shouldn't matter if it's in C or S. The only thing C does is start out in 2nd and pick lower rpms to shift for better fuel consumption.
But you can train C mode to shift differently (adaptive tranny) and to act exactly like S mode except that S will always start out in 1st.
Check the IC panel to see what gear it actually kicked down to....
But you can train C mode to shift differently (adaptive tranny) and to act exactly like S mode except that S will always start out in 1st.
Check the IC panel to see what gear it actually kicked down to....
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04-03-2011, 05:53 PM
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2006 E55 AMG --old cars -- E39 M5, 2.7tt Audi S4, E36 M3 **Ducati 996, 748
i feel this too -- except i notice it most when i am on the freeway and manually downshift to 3rd --- seems to pull harder than just slamming the gas and letting the computer do it.
04-03-2011, 07:52 PM
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Anyways...I know it goes down to 2nd because it shifts again at around 80 or so. Regardless...doesn't matter,I'm just crazy to see what she can do.
04-04-2011, 01:08 AM
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tested before what you are saying. and if two stock 55s are racing. the one who set 2nd gear will pass by more than a can length than the one on D. as time will be lost for shifting from 4th\5th to 2nd.
