Auto stick to sport mode?

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toonmal

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Just keeping myself occupied awaiting the arrival of my baby. Anyway, I've been looking at pics of the gearknob (as you do), and wondered how you select park and sport mode. On my present TT, it's straight up and down, and left for manual...can some one explain please :?
 
Left for sport mode, and when left up or down takes it onto manual, or paddles do the same. Back right puts it back into normal.

In addition to that you have drive dynamic control which also adds to how the gearbox steering throttle response is also altered.
 
Maniac nailed it. Only thing I will add is that when you're in the normal D - Drive mode you can still use the manual paddle shift but it will very quickly revert to auto again if you over/under rev the engine. When you move the stick left into Sport and use the paddles the gearbox will stay in manual and in the gear you select unless you basically try to stall the engine, in which case it will take over again.
 
supersebbo said:
Maniac nailed it. Only thing I will add is that when you're in the normal D - Drive mode you can still use the manual paddle shift but it will very quickly revert to auto again if you over/under rev the engine. When you move the stick left into Sport and use the paddles the gearbox will stay in manual and in the gear you select unless you basically try to stall the engine, in which case it will take over again.
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It also moved back to auto from manual mode if you drive with stable revs, fairly quickly too within about 10 seconds.
 
Pushing the stick left only alters the gear shift pattern. To change steering and throttle response u have to press sport button.
 
to select park, you push the button on top of the auto stick, you no longer have to select it by going up or down on the gear knob
 
One thing I really like, that others seem to hate, is the safety built into autos. The other day I witnessed a guy nearly lose control of his car as he stopped his car, but clearly it was still in D, he opened his car door to step out and wave a gate card only for the car to set off while he was half out of it! It was a brand new auto merc c class coupe and he fell back in, hit reverse and it then shot backwards before he was all the way in to step on the brake. It was funny to watch but you really could see how he could have killed himself or someone else with a runaway car.

The BMW doesn't do that, if I take off my belt while in drive and then open the door, WHAM it goes straight into PARK with bongs and iDrive warnings all over the shop. Many seem to hate this on various forums, for me, I'm very glad its in there. The car will not move without a seatbelt on or door closed.
 
The really fun bit for me is the sheer flexibility from the 'box. Can't believe how plush the drive is in comfort mode, but a quick push of a button and a couple of flicks of the paddles and all hell breaks loose :evil: you can really attack a series of bends then just pop it back into comfort mode as if nothing had happened. Real Jekyll and Hyde stuff.
 
It's a fair cop... said:
The really fun bit for me is the sheer flexibility from the 'box. Can't believe how plush the drive is in comfort mode, but a quick push of a button and a couple of flicks of the paddles and all hell breaks loose :evil: you can really attack a series of bends then just pop it back into comfort mode as if nothing had happened. Real Jekyll and Hyde stuff.
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Agreed - the 8 speed box is very good, probably one of the best auto boxes I've had but unfortunately the rest of the car falls short.
Poor build quality, rubbish handling, thrashy engines (2.8i in my case) all - IMO -diminish the dream.
This is my fouth Z4 but almost certainly the last.
 
So do peeps tend to use the sport button selector along with the gear knob sport mode...if you know what I mean !!?
 
No. I tend to use DDC sport mode if I want to have fun. Or put the 'box in sport if I want to do some quick overtaking.

This is because 300bhp in DDC sport and 'box sport is very er, 'immediate' and can catch you unaware.
 
I think if you select sport AND move the stick left the gear changes are even racier. The manual isn't that clear on how it all works together tho.
Maniac will know.
 
Shack205 said:
Agreed - the 8 speed box is very good, probably one of the best auto boxes I've had but unfortunately the rest of the car falls short.
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My car falls short as well - it's only got a seven speed box
 
Titan said:
Shack205 said:
Agreed - the 8 speed box is very good, probably one of the best auto boxes I've had but unfortunately the rest of the car falls short.
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My car falls short as well - it's only got a seven speed box
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But a much better engine.......
 
ewwimbledon said:
I think if you select sport AND move the stick left the gear changes are even racier. The manual isn't that clear on how it all works together tho.
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In the auto the Sport button (driving mode) and the Sport shift (gearbox mode) seem to work together to some extent through the torque converter. The sport shifting is snappier and more aggressive both up and down. Adding the sport button in too revs the engine higher for a given gear and turns up the sensitivity on the throttle pedal.

You notice that in Sport driving mode the idle revs go up from around 1500 to 2000 ish RPM, giving you a head-start on the turbo, whilst sport driving will also add in more aggressive down-shifts so that you are in a lower gear when you pull away.
 
supersebbo said:
ewwimbledon said:
I think if you select sport AND move the stick left the gear changes are even racier. The manual isn't that clear on how it all works together tho.
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In the auto the Sport button (driving mode) and the Sport shift (gearbox mode) seem to work together to some extent through the torque converter. The sport shifting is snappier and more aggressive both up and down. Adding the sport button in too revs the engine higher for a given gear and turns up the sensitivity on the throttle pedal.

You notice that in Sport driving mode the idle revs go up from around 1500 to 2000 ish RPM, giving you a head-start on the turbo, whilst sport driving will also add in more aggressive down-shifts so that you are in a lower gear when you pull away.
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Very helpful thanks. So, if you press sport and see the word sport in the dash, does that by itself alter the gear shifts OR do you also need to hit the gear lever left to do that so that you see S1, etc in the dash too. IE if you are in sport mode (button press) - is there any point also moving the gear stick too? The manual implies that either pressing the button or moving the stick puts the car into sport. But clearly the two do slightly different things.

Why doesn't the manual spell this out. I like to know exactly what the buttons etc actually do.
 
Maniac said:
One thing I really like, that others seem to hate, is the safety built into autos. The other day I witnessed a guy nearly lose control of his car as he stopped his car, but clearly it was still in D, he opened his car door to step out and wave a gate card only for the car to set off while he was half out of it! It was a brand new auto merc c class coupe and he fell back in, hit reverse and it then shot backwards before he was all the way in to step on the brake. It was funny to watch but you really could see how he could have killed himself or someone else with a runaway car.

The BMW doesn't do that, if I take off my belt while in drive and then open the door, WHAM it goes straight into PARK with bongs and iDrive warnings all over the shop. Many seem to hate this on various forums, for me, I'm very glad its in there. The car will not move without a seatbelt on or door closed.
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wondered why my 3series started bonging madly when shmbo got out to let a rear passenger out when i had it still in drive but with foot on brake
 
Maniac said:
One thing I really like, that others seem to hate, is the safety built into autos. The other day I witnessed a guy nearly lose control of his car as he stopped his car, but clearly it was still in D, he opened his car door to step out and wave a gate card only for the car to set off while he was half out of it! It was a brand new auto merc c class coupe and he fell back in, hit reverse and it then shot backwards before he was all the way in to step on the brake. It was funny to watch but you really could see how he could have killed himself or someone else with a runaway car.

The BMW doesn't do that, if I take off my belt while in drive and then open the door, WHAM it goes straight into PARK with bongs and iDrive warnings all over the shop. Many seem to hate this on various forums, for me, I'm very glad its in there. The car will not move without a seatbelt on or door closed.
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I tried this today! Very cool feature, completely undocumented as far as I can tell, but reassuring to know it's there! It automatically selects PARK and shows the following:
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