Which Driver Selection Mode?
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Which Driver Selection Mode?
Hi,
Just curious, what driver mode are most folks with an automatic trans finding gives them best acceleration, trans shifts and when cruising around town and on the highway? I recently got my C7.
Just curious, what driver mode are most folks with an automatic trans finding gives them best acceleration, trans shifts and when cruising around town and on the highway? I recently got my C7.
Safety Car
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I really like the Jeckyl/Hyde personality the various modes give you...You paid for em, Use em all!!!
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Yeah, it amazed me too. I left home with 500 miles on the car. 400 miles out and 400 back. 400 miles in VERY aggressive mountain running over 3 days. 26.9 mpg overall for the 1200 miles....Amazing!
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I stay in Sport mode most of the time just for the sound. I don't notice a lot of difference between Tour and Sport for around the town driving, other than sound. (Not a lot of opportunity in the Dallas area for driving some twisties so I have no experience there...)
I flip to Tour when I get home at night so I don't wake the neighborhood leaving for work at 7am.
I have never come close to 30+ mpg even on a 60 mile highway trip at 65 mph. Mostly in the 25-27 mpg range. Maybe I like the sound a little too much...
I flip to Tour when I get home at night so I don't wake the neighborhood leaving for work at 7am.
I have never come close to 30+ mpg even on a 60 mile highway trip at 65 mph. Mostly in the 25-27 mpg range. Maybe I like the sound a little too much...
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Most people who I've personally talked to use the sport mode the most. I'll definitely test them all out when my C7 arrives next month but I imagine that I will turn sound management off and then keep it in sport mode 99.9% of the time.
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Touring mode with exhaust baffles open at all times. Used to leave it in Sport mode for sound (same diff if you program baffles open at all times in any mode), but, really did not like the PAL experience in Sport mode when I'd aggressively acellerate with resulting rev'd up rpms when I backed off the acellerator.
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But it may just be me but when I watch any chevy commercial its focus is on Malibu's and cruzes and they never mention corvette anywhere but where special offers say this offer is good on all models except "corvette"
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From: Londonderry NH
I keep mine in sport mostly unless I am on a long highway trip then I'll switch to tour.
Got caught in the rain 2 weeks ago and used the weather mode and I thought it was pretty cool. Not necessary but it did keep the tires from spinning if I was a little aggressive of the line.
Have not been on a long enough trip yet to make economy a worthwhile try.
-Mark
Got caught in the rain 2 weeks ago and used the weather mode and I thought it was pretty cool. Not necessary but it did keep the tires from spinning if I was a little aggressive of the line.
Have not been on a long enough trip yet to make economy a worthwhile try.
-Mark
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From: Michigan Thumb
It would be nice if you could choose the transmission shift settings and make them fixed to all drive modes like you can the steering because I like the Track transmission shifting, but the Mag Ride changes that come with Track mode are definitely not something I want to tolerate when just cruising around.
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(Or in the morning to be nice to the neighbors.) 