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IanMetro



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Driving in Sport Mode

I have started to use the Autobox 'Sport' mode lately when driving on our windy, up & down, minor A and B roads.

I have not used this mode very much, except for overtaking, in my 8 years of FL2 driving, and think that I have missed a trick.

Using this mode keeps the gearbox more alive and the car seems to flow better in all the twists and turns.
Counter-intuitively I find that it is more relaxing to drive and easier to avoid brake use.

On main roads and wide open stretches I still am content to let the 'Drive' mode know best.

I now wonder how many other FL2 drivers bother to use the autobox over-rides.

Being old fashioned, I still use the engine (in a selected lower gear) to control my longer downhill descents. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
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Dave47



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Welcome to the Sport! side of the box Ian, Thumbs Up
as an advanced driver we are expected to use all aspects of the gearbox
it was something I hadn't used until my original assessment and instruction,
now in the right conditions it can liven up the drive.
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I use the sport mode a lot especially when towing as the auto mode hangs on to lower gears up hill unnecessarily, plus engine braking down hill is safer. Common sense isn't very common.
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The petrol engine is good enough sticking it in drive but I use it for those long steep declines.
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Better for towing too......... Thumbs Up

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Any difference in fuel consumption Ian?

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IanMetro



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JulesK wrote:
Any difference in fuel consumption Ian?

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Jules
I can't say that I have noticed any difference in mpg. I'm not continually in 'sport' mode as I travel on motorways and good A roads whenever possible.
(I live just off the M5 and use the M5/M4 to cover the first 20-50 miles then cut across to where I am going as Bristol/Bath forms a very slow barrier)

Anyway whether or not I use air-conditioning has a larger effect on my consumption, some 1.5 to 2 mpg.
This time of the year, without all the very cold starts, is good for me, as I am averaging just over 35mpg overall. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 74k+ miles) (MY2015)

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Thanks Ian Thumbs Up If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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