Shifting into "optimal gear range" feature
02-26-2014, 12:31 PM
#1
Member
Thread Starter
Shifting into "optimal gear range" feature
I'm pretty new around here but I've chatted with two other E55 owners that didn't know about this feature, so I thought I'd share for anyone else that might like to know. I call it "ready mode".... Great if you knew this already, and great if you didn't!
Holding it over to + puts it back into normal/D. I use this quite often, just getting ready to pass, or play.
Holding it over to + puts it back into normal/D. I use this quite often, just getting ready to pass, or play.
02-26-2014, 12:43 PM
#2
MBWorld Fanatic!
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: The Granite State
Posts: 1,835
Likes: 0
Received 12 Likes
on
8 Posts
.
All sorts of interesting things can be discovered by reading the owners manual.....
It can be a tough read though. There are parts I've read several times and STILL don't understand what the hell they are talking about.
-G
It can be a tough read though. There are parts I've read several times and STILL don't understand what the hell they are talking about.
-G
02-26-2014, 12:46 PM
#3
Senior Member
So does this place the shifting into an even more "sporty" mode than just S?
If so, then that would be awesome! Need to try this...
EDIT: Or, does it just hold that lower gear for that one time you shift and hold into D- direction until you switch back to normal/D?
If so, then that would be awesome! Need to try this...
EDIT: Or, does it just hold that lower gear for that one time you shift and hold into D- direction until you switch back to normal/D?
Last edited by GunMoto; 02-26-2014 at 12:51 PM.
02-26-2014, 12:59 PM
#4
Just mash the throttle, sounds like too much headache than just goosing it hard!
If you go WOT in 'S' mode, the tranny will downshift into the lowest gear for optimal acceleration (i.e. power range).
If you go WOT in 'S' mode, the tranny will downshift into the lowest gear for optimal acceleration (i.e. power range).
Last edited by ELITE_KOV; 02-26-2014 at 01:15 PM.
02-26-2014, 11:29 PM
#7
MBWorld Fanatic!
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: A to the Z (the state)
Posts: 2,279
Likes: 0
Received 25 Likes
on
20 Posts
'06 E55
It's good if you're getting ready to do a race from a roll. Say you're in 5th and doing 40 mph. Push and hold the downshift button and it'll drop into 2nd a.k.a. rape gear.
