Shift Lights
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Burning Brakes
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Shift Lights
With the car in sport or touring mode and the track screen up on the HUD I occasionally see the shift lights come on, but it seems to be very intermittent. Anybody know how they are supposed to function.
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If you accelerate quickly enough and high enough they go from green to yellow, and I assume red, but I have not pushed it that far. They also show up on the instrument cluster in the track mode. It's a tool to help you maximize your acceleration without reaching the rev limiter.
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Burning Brakes
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So if you accelerate slowly they will not activate? That would explain why sometimes I see them,
sometimes not. Could not find an explanation in the manual. Just that they exist.
sometimes not. Could not find an explanation in the manual. Just that they exist.
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Well, no. If you accelerate slowly and you don't shift, they will light, but that didn't seem a likely scenario (at least w/o you doing it deliberately). Normally, high rpms aren't sustained at a slow acceleration w/o shifting, so you likely only saw this when going fast at a quick pace, if that makes sense. Other times, you weren't pushing it and shifted before they came on. I should have been more precise.
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home when engine is cold. Not broke in yet so I'm not going into higher revs. Thanks
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"shift lights"? What am I missing?
I have noticed that from time to time the tach outline on the HUD seems to change from white to a reddish tint?
I have noticed that from time to time the tach outline on the HUD seems to change from white to a reddish tint?