V6 and V8 owners, How often do you use Sports Mode? - Page 4

LuvMI · 07-03-2017, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by camaromike77

Sport mode 90% of the time. The other 10% my wife is in the car and it goes into Tour mode.....

Lol!

Nfg2ss · 07-03-2017, 11:28 PM

Sport mode 90%, track 10%. I like track mode on some of the back roads around here, makes it interesting.

freddyD · 07-04-2017, 07:29 AM

I now use sport mode most of the time,got better gas mileage in touring but seemed to lug alot.

goshawk823 · 07-04-2017, 09:30 AM

always sport mode. still get 27-28 mpg with the top up and almost all highway driving.

MoreSpeed · 07-05-2017, 12:50 AM

Track almost always... except when I am trying to be quiet in the neighborhood or it is pouring.

dviper42 · 07-05-2017, 09:39 AM

Always in SPORT! PUT YOUR SS IN SPORT. This is the one, for any commute.

viper510 · 07-05-2017, 10:25 AM

sports 24/7 till the gas light comes on then its tour

SF Giants · 07-05-2017, 10:50 AM

Sport mode always in my SS, like so many others apparently.

Need4Camaro · 07-05-2017, 10:53 AM

Darn, I might just have to stop driving like a pansy and just use Sports Mode going forward to see how I like it.

Do you guys also like to Auto-Shift or do you let the tranny do all the work?

CatchMyZ · 07-05-2017, 11:00 AM

I shift with my hand. Those who don't shift with their hand have forgotten the face of their father.

Need4Camaro · 07-05-2017, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by CatchMyZ

I shift with my hand. Those who don't shift with their hand have forgotten the face of their father.

Is there any advantage to using sports mode if you use the auto-shift option? I was always under the impression that the only thing it did was change shift points.

bpang1234 · 07-05-2017, 03:50 PM

Sport is my default mode with Track for the track or autocross.

Tour when I need to take a phone call or forget to move from Track to Sport before I power down and then realize that it is in Tour.

_MerF_ · 07-05-2017, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

Is there any advantage to using sports mode if you use the auto-shift option? I was always under the impression that the only thing it did was change shift points.

I believe it does a lot more than just shift points...but I will defer to the experts.

Also, to answer the question, I almost never use the paddle shifters, and this is the first automatic I've had in a while.

Valdes · 07-06-2017, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

Is there any advantage to using sports mode if you use the auto-shift option? I was always under the impression that the only thing it did was change shift points.

If you have an NPP exhaust system, sport mode opens the exhaust baffles and makes the exhaust rumble lower and throatier (ie. bass). If you have magnetic ride control, it stiffens your suspension. If you have neither, then it just holds lower gears longer. and tightens your steering a little.

Contrary to popular belief, Touring/Sport mode does nothing to the throttle response... Snow/Ice retards it at low RPMs and Track (V8 only) increases the accelerator range until WOT for more granular control.

I have an M6 with NPP and I leave the car in Sport mode just for the sound, unless I'm in a residential area late at night. If your A8 isn't equipped with NPP, sport mode is going to be largely pointless for you.

When I had an A6 Gen5 (without NPP), I never used sport mode as it just wasted gas with no noticeable benefit as you described.

07-04-2017, 09:30 AM	#46
goshawk823 Drives: 2017 RS convertible Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Kent, Virginia Posts: 837	always sport mode. still get 27-28 mpg with the top up and almost all highway driving. __________________ Camaros I've owned: 1969 RS/SS Z10 Indy Pace Car - Hardtop 1 of 250 1970 Camaro 2010 2LT RS 2013 2SS RS Current ride: 2017 Camaro 2LT RS convertible

07-05-2017, 12:50 AM	#47
MoreSpeed Drives: 2017 Hyper Blue A10 ZL1 Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: New England Posts: 716	Track almost always... except when I am trying to be quiet in the neighborhood or it is pouring. __________________ - Life is a highway... I want to ride it all night long... Sold 2010 997 GT3, 2016 WRX, 2006 997 C2S, 2003 996 C4S, 2001 Boxster S, 1997 E420 AMG etc..

07-05-2017, 09:39 AM	#48
dviper42 Drives: Man Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Philippines Posts: 73	2ss Yellow v8 camaro Always in SPORT! PUT YOUR SS IN SPORT. This is the one, for any commute.

07-05-2017, 11:00 AM	#52
CatchMyZ Drives: Blue Velvet SS Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 103	I shift with my hand. Those who don't shift with their hand have forgotten the face of their father. __________________ '94 Z28 M6 Black *SOLD* '10 2SS M6 Cyber Gray *SOLD* '16 2SS M6 Blue Velvet

07-05-2017, 03:50 PM	#54
bpang1234 You can only YOLO once. Drives: '16 2SS & '15 Subaru Forester Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Albany, OR Posts: 1,677	Sport is my default mode with Track for the track or autocross. Tour when I need to take a phone call or forget to move from Track to Sport before I power down and then realize that it is in Tour. __________________ 2016 Camaro 2ss -Summit White / Ceramic White -8A, NPP, MRC, Ceramic White package plus knee pads, black bowties. -1st Car to have the "full" SEMA High Performance Graphics kit from 6LEDesigns. -1st Car to have the 6LEDesigns Blade Spoiler. -Borla S-Type w/ custom H-Pipe -Procharger P-1X Stage 2

07-03-2017, 11:28 PM	#44
Nfg2ss Account Suspended Drives: 2016 NFG 2SS Join Date: May 2017 Location: Around Posts: 113	Sport mode 90%, track 10%. I like track mode on some of the back roads around here, makes it interesting.

07-04-2017, 07:29 AM	#45
freddyD Drives: 2020 rally green rs Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 1,159	I now use sport mode most of the time,got better gas mileage in touring but seemed to lug alot.

07-05-2017, 10:25 AM	#49
viper510 Drives: black 2016 2lt :) Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 19	sports 24/7 till the gas light comes on then its tour

07-05-2017, 10:50 AM	#50
SF Giants Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Central California Posts: 74	Sport mode always in my SS, like so many others apparently.

07-05-2017, 10:53 AM	#51
Need4Camaro Drives: '17 Camaro 2SS & '99 Camaro Z28 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,835	Darn, I might just have to stop driving like a pansy and just use Sports Mode going forward to see how I like it. Do you guys also like to Auto-Shift or do you let the tranny do all the work?

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