Walt White Coupe

I keep the car in Tour mode because I find that the A8 shifts smoother than in sport or track and like that for everyday driving. I set the steering to always be in track mode. I also have the mild to wild NPP switch so even in tour I can switch between quiet and loud. I don't have mag ride.

cstapp99

JJAY

Tour on the highway
Sport around town

FunDriver

2016 A8 Z51 with no mag ride. Mostly Sport but some Tour.

bearphoto

I also use sport mode in my Z06 and Z51 cars. If you have time go take the Ron Fellows Corvette school in Pahrump, Nevada. You won't be sorry and will learn all that the corvette can do!

Blu-Beast

sport mode all the time

Corgidog1

Sport all the time.

Carvin

I'm only a few months into my C7 also. I put it in sport mode with track setting for engine sound mgmt right away.
I guess I should play with different steering settings. This stuff is on P130 of the owner's manual.

cstapp99

Internets_Ninja

You should do whatever makes you happy.

Personally, I drive in Sport mode almost always. But I have the exhaust locked in Track mode in the Mylink and I have also locked the Gauge Cluster in Sport Mode. I switch to ECO mode on the highway so that I can save fuel.

With this setup the mode selector does not affect the display cluster or the exhaust tone.

Billy346

I have your setup. Its nice and basic. While the stiffness of the suspension is constant, the electronic differential settings are different between "sport" and "track", as are the traction control settings. (I believe) . I keep mine in "tour" or "sport" mode on the street, depending on what kind of mood I'm in. In my opinion, "track" mode really doesn't do very much for cars without mag ride, since we don't have performance traction management.

Billy346

It does. You just have to find it in the menus. Many words can be used to describe the interface on this car, but "intuitive" is not one of them, and the manual does not do a very good job of showing you how to make adjustments. You just have to sit in the car and tinker with the various menus until you find what you want.

The only way you won't be able to control the sound level of your exhaust is if your car doesn't have the NPP exhaust. (which, I understand some Z51's did not come with.) .

Carvin

2LZ. As Billy said, you can do this too. I think some confusion comes because there is the DIC info which you can change on the fly
then this stuff which requires using the screen.

cstapp99

Thanks guys. I was trying to find it in the DIC. Apparently it's in the MyLink screen. I'll look again tonight. As always, the corvetteforum is the best!

Carvin

Correct.

SingleTrackMinded

Sport mode, its a Corvette and all...

JerryU

If you do not have MRC, as I did not in my 2014 Z51, then the difference I found was Steering was a bit to "stiff," (less assist for normal driving than I prefer.) Preferred Sport.

If you have MRC that even with our relatively good roads in Eastern SC the ride is too stiff. As one poster said you can feel if you are going over a dime!

I am currently driving in Touring, which is slightly less stiff that my MRC Z51. When I get my MRC software updated we'll see. I have steering set for "always Sport" regardless of my drive mode.

RonnieC6Z

My steering and exhaust are always set to Track. But i drive in Touring or Sport. The head instructor at Spring Mountain told me NEVER drive in Track except on the track because it is way to easy to bend a rim on the street.

ssidekickbp

I drive in sport 90% of the time, but I have my steering and exhaust set at track all the time through the sub menus. It's all personal preference.

JonMN

Sport here too. If I hit a bad stretch of road I flip to Tour—helps a lot. I don’t like steering feel in Tour, so I lock steering in Sport.