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Old 10-20-2016, 06:56 AM
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What mode do you prefer to drive in most of the time?
Do you alternate through them regularly?
Do you have MSRC (Magnetic Selective Ride Control)?

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Old 10-20-2016, 07:07 AM
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Nothing but S for me.
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Same here. S all the way.
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Depends upon the conditions.

I use Weather during a rainy day
I use Track when I am in an area where I want to keep the noise down (Such early morning so I don't wake the neighbors).
I use Sport the remainder of the time

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My 2015 coupe has been I n Sport mode since I picked it up. Why change a good thing.
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On my 2015 I like Tour in the morning for a relaxing ride to work, but when I come home at night, it is Sport mode all the way....
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I have MSRC, and change settings regularly depending upon road conditions. I like Sport as the normal setting on good roads, but I do use Tour regularly since many roads in the metro DC area are crumbling.

I am absolutely astounded at how good MSRC is in the Tour setting at delivering a smooth and planted ride on rough pavement.
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Old 10-20-2016, 07:57 AM
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Touring for around town and Highway driving
sport for fun curvy mountain roads.
weather for when the roads are wet
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S Mode with exhaust in track mode.
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Originally Posted by JLargo
S Mode with exhaust in track mode.
Since the day I picked it up. I may put the exhaust in stealth in the morning not to **** of my neighbors but its always in Sport. Its a SPORTS car....don't see the point of the other modes.
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50% Sport, 50% Track. MRC is really good on the C7
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I have MRC and have the exhaust flap valve fuse pulled. So the selector only impacts the suspension. I'm in Sport most of the time, when the roads get rough I will switch to tour. For long freeway stretches, I switch to ECO.
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Ditto, "S" mode and 100% paddle shifting.
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I go back and forth between Touring on auto for an easy commute to Sport on Manual for a real drive. More and more I seem to be in the latter mood.

Nice to have T available for bad roads too.
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Originally Posted by Foosh

I am absolutely astounded at how good MSRC is in the Tour setting at delivering a smooth and planted ride on rough pavement.
last time I had an adjustable suspension I had to stop and reach under the car to turn a **** on each shock. Kind of takes the fun out of it.
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(Borla ATAK with mid pipe and ARH headers) Sport unless my wife is with me ... then Tour. By myself, road rough? Tour. Long highway drives ...Sport.
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Sport most of the time.

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Sport !
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Originally Posted by JLargo
S Mode with exhaust in track mode.
That's my setup as well
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When I first bought the car I put it in Sport but then switched to Tour for a better ride. Now that I have had the car for awhile it's back to Sport, the ride is still better than my C6 and I love the sound.
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