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View Poll Results: How often do you use your AT manual mode?
Never tried it, just shift it to D
8
4.02%
Tried it a couple times, but just too easy to drive in D
34
17.09%
Use it only on hills, etc when not wanting trans to hunt for gears
11
5.53%
Use it only when I want to get a bit wild (usually alone)
89
44.72%
Use it in town most of the time
5
2.51%
Use it most of the time
20
10.05%
Use it often and with VDC off (lunatic fringe)
13
6.53%
Use it all the time
19
9.55%
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AutoTransOwnners~How often do you use Manual Mode?

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Old 04-03-2008, 02:07 PM
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Kring: Very good explanation which makes a lot of sense. I guess what concerned me was that in regular AUTO mode, 3rd gear is smoother. Even though I'm driving......OMG..... 38 years, and driven a number of different cars and SUVs, abrupt shifts in the Trannys usually spelled trouble. But the G is a different animal with SWELL accelration.... Love this car!!
Regular auto will drag out the change from 2nd to 3rd to make it smoother when below 1/2 throttle, but even in regular D mode if you get on the gas it will still have the hard shift.
 
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Old 04-03-2008, 11:46 PM
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Early on I didn't use it much, but lately I'd say I'm using it roughly 90% of the time.
 
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Old 04-04-2008, 10:06 AM
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I'm surprised that there are owners who have never tried it.


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Old 04-05-2008, 03:15 AM
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What if the 2-3 shift bangs hard enough to make the dash creak? That's what mine does. I'd say 25% of the time it's extremely harsh, very unpredictable as well. I stopped using mine because of it. I understand quick and firm, but this is quite rediculous. It happened the other day with the wife in the car, she said "WTF was that?" She thought we hit something. I told her "that's our 40G car we bought." haha!
 
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Old 04-06-2008, 06:53 AM
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I use it all the time. I can't drive in D anymore.
 
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Old 04-06-2008, 06:55 AM
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What if the 2-3 shift bangs hard enough to make the dash creak? That's what mine does. I'd say 25% of the time it's extremely harsh, very unpredictable as well. I stopped using mine because of it. I understand quick and firm, but this is quite rediculous. It happened the other day with the wife in the car, she said "WTF was that?" She thought we hit something. I told her "that's our 40G car we bought." haha!
Ease on the throttle a bit.

I've eliminated 90% of the jerks/bangs from 2-3 shift by letting the RPM needle go past 3k and then shifting up. I still get jerks 70~% of the time when I floor it all the way upto the redline and shift.

Oh and also, do NOT let go of the gas when you are shifting up/down. It'll make your car feel/drive much smoother.
 
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Old 04-06-2008, 12:13 PM
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would you save gas by using manual mode and shifting early as supposed to holding gears longer?
 
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Old 04-06-2008, 01:55 PM
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would you save gas by using manual mode and shifting early as supposed to holding gears longer?
no, just put it in standard D mode, that will be the most gas efficient way to drive the car. I think it puts it into 5th by 25mph
 
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Old 04-06-2008, 02:07 PM
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yeah, me too. It's horrible on gas millage though lol. I use it pretty extensively now that I has the paddles.
+1 Pretty sure this is why my gas mileage sucks...and why I have a smile on my face every time I drive the G
 
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Old 04-06-2008, 03:07 PM
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+1 Pretty sure this is why my gas mileage sucks...and why I have a smile on my face every time I drive the G
I get 20.2 or something. I floor it at least 5 times a day... but then 90% of the miles on my car is highway.
 
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0% of mine is highway...well, maybe 5% Which not only involves waiting at lights, stop signs etc., and slowly trolling through at 40 mph - it also promotes opportunities to experiment with acceleration curves...

It's not really a mystery to me why my mileage sucks
 
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Old 04-07-2008, 02:31 PM
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0% of mine is highway...well, maybe 5% Which not only involves waiting at lights, stop signs etc., and slowly trolling through at 40 mph - it also promotes opportunities to experiment with acceleration curves...

It's not really a mystery to me why my mileage sucks
+1, not much highway to play around with here in Vancouver. Heading to Seattle next month, can't wait.
 
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Old 10-10-2008, 01:12 AM
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I still use it 99% of the time. (After having it fixed)
My 2-3 bang is gone but now there seems to be a bang @ 3-4 lol. Not extreme, just a little one.
 
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sounds like many of you bought the wrong transmission
 
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