Does CAGS actually bother you????
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Does CAGS actually bother you????
I have a 6 speed and honestly CAGS hardly EVER gets activated. I drive fast, but I not always on it hard. It ONLY comes on if I am barely accelerating.
I thought I would have to get the eliminator right away when I bought the car, but it turns out that it doesn't bother me at all........who knows, maybe it is broken or something. Like I said, the "skip shift" light will come on ONLY if I am Driving Miss Daisy
.
If all C5s are like mine, I question why people even bother with the eliminator even if it is an easy install? :confused:
So, the question is, when and how does your "skip shift" get activated? All the time under "normal" driving? Or only when you are hardly driving your beast????
Just curious! :D
I thought I would have to get the eliminator right away when I bought the car, but it turns out that it doesn't bother me at all........who knows, maybe it is broken or something. Like I said, the "skip shift" light will come on ONLY if I am Driving Miss Daisy
. If all C5s are like mine, I question why people even bother with the eliminator even if it is an easy install? :confused:
So, the question is, when and how does your "skip shift" get activated? All the time under "normal" driving? Or only when you are hardly driving your beast????
Just curious! :D
Burning Brakes
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Re: Does CAGS actually bother you???? (johnso26)
It bothers the crap out of me. It only activiates when I am behind some slow monkey making a turn in large intersections. :mad
I guess I could change my driving behavior, but the bypass is a cheap fix.
I guess I could change my driving behavior, but the bypass is a cheap fix.
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Re: Does CAGS actually bother you???? (johnso26)
Not Really. I would definitely put money into the Trac Cntl bypass (Comp Mode Default) before the Cags bypass. The Trac Cntl default is much more of a pain than Cags. :smash:
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Re: Does CAGS actually bother you???? (RajunCajun2001)
I typically see the "skip shift" light and simply touch the gas and it goes away. I almost have to try to get CAGS to activate......... :rolleyes:
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Re: Does CAGS actually bother you???? (johnso26)
My C5 doesn't bother me with CAGS. But my 97 T/A was absolutely UNDRIVEABLE with it. You had to nail it just to shift normally. 1st to 4th would bog the engine down every time, too. The guys at GM that thought that one up were total morons. It appears they know they were morons and reprogrammed the behaviour a bit for the C5.
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Re: Does CAGS actually bother you???? (johnso26)
It doesn't bother me. I feel that once you understand the limited parameters that the CAGS work in, then it is easily avoidable.
To date, I think CAGS bit me 3 or 4 times. Usually I was talking to my passenger at the time and not paying enough attention to the road. In those cases, I just put it in 4th and then downshifted to 2nd.
I've even been stuck in rush hour traffic on the Long Island Expressway a number of times and it didn't bother me.
To date, I think CAGS bit me 3 or 4 times. Usually I was talking to my passenger at the time and not paying enough attention to the road. In those cases, I just put it in 4th and then downshifted to 2nd.
I've even been stuck in rush hour traffic on the Long Island Expressway a number of times and it didn't bother me.
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Re: Does CAGS actually bother you???? (BruceF)
I planned to do cags defeat as my first mod, but I have found that my natural shift point is at 2000rpm + so it has never activated, not even once in 5000 miles! If I had a traffic situation like some members I would do it immediately!
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Re: Does CAGS actually bother you????
It only bothered me a few times, usually in heavy traffic. But for $20, it's a quick fix that gets rid of even those few annoyances, so it was worth it to me.
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Re: Does CAGS actually bother you???? (ncvetteman)
I drive in traffic too and it literally never kicks in unless I am almost bogging the engine off a start. If it does happen to come on, I touch the gas and it goes away.
I wonder why GM didn't force the "skip shift" into 3rd instead? Sometimes I do that anyway :confused:.....Hell, the car is pretty fast skipping second when you try it at WOT!
I wonder why GM didn't force the "skip shift" into 3rd instead? Sometimes I do that anyway :confused:.....Hell, the car is pretty fast skipping second when you try it at WOT!
