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Old 04-11-2007, 08:14 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tksmr2 View Post
However, I hate when people refer anything auto as sports mode. It's kind of joke.
Well to be honest, it only says [S] so perhaps that actually refers to the 'sluggish' mode?

Actually, the [S] mode keeps one's shifts between gears 1 and 2, so fun holding gears into corners, with instant take off out of them, though not something one likes to bump into doing 100km/hr (60miles/hr) on the free way.

And the [PWR] switch appears to allow the car to continue revving higher before shifts, and will hold the revs high for a few secs if one doesn't release the accellerater right away, so again handy for quick spurts of the acellerator without a lag waiting on gearbox to shift back down for some oomph.

Yeah, yeah, I should just trade it in for a manual!

Still working on how the MANU (manual?) mode sits between the [PWR] and [ECON] modes. The only reference I have points to gear shifts at revs somewhere between the ECON and PWR selections. Not sure if it offers anything else.

On this Japanese import, I put it down to a good ol' fashioned 'engrish'.


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Originally Posted by tksmr2 View Post
But, yea.. the SC auto was the fastest production car 0-30 back in 1988.
Yep, while wheels won't spin on launch, one's never left in the dust at traffic lights.
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