Who likes/drives in SPORT mode?
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Is paddle shifter active in D or only in M?
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All of this talk about how awesome Sport mode is...people do realize that it has no effect on passing power, or 0-60, or whatever, right? It's like voting for your favorite candidate. It feels good, but really isn't changing anything.
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It's available in both modes. In D, it changes to the appropriate gear (up or down) and then after a few seconds depending on what you're doing, it goes back into D mode. In M mode, it does the exact same thing except it does not revert to D mode but stays in the chosen gear until you change it.
Don't think so, after changing to Sports, the gear shifts down (I think in most cases) and I have found its extremely helpful in passing / overtaking or closing the gap quickly. 0 to 60 - no idea.
I have driven a full tank today completely in S mode. I found it quite helpful in overtaking, closing gap, etc., etc. However the engine revs up really loud especially didn't like the lag in lowering the engine rev when slowing down.
MPG : Being a new car, for more or less the same route I got approx. 27.5 mpg. With Sports mode I got 26.2 mpg.
MPG : Being a new car, for more or less the same route I got approx. 27.5 mpg. With Sports mode I got 26.2 mpg.
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I just press the skinny pedal on the right...works.
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Yeah, Sport mode is stupid. With my CX-5, it will hold the revs for a sensible period of time, and then upshifts. It sounds like sports mode is a clumsier version of what the CX-5 naturally does. I equate it to a guy who deadlifts 600# and wears a suite and doesn't discuss it vs. a guy who deadlifts 600# and always wears shorts and grunts every time he lifts his spoon. They both deadlift 600#, but one guy is annoying and really wears on everyone's nerves. Or maybe, since we are discussing a CX-5, deadlifting 135# would be more appropriate, lol!
The truth of the matter is that the CX5 in Sport mode posts 100% identical passing, accelerating, and decelerating numbers as the CX5 NOT in sport mode. The difference? About 1/2" of an inch more pedal on the right. I'm a decently fit guy, and I can muster the strength to depress it thus...
Chris_Top_Her
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Do you even lift?
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Chris_Top_Her
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Back when I "lifted", I was all natural...
nice, nice
Actually it does. Not by increasing hp, but gearing. In a way at least. With holding onto gears longer, it resembles like going from 3.73 gears to 4.10. Damn I miss my mustang. Makes a big difference and its similar with the cx5 sport mode. Keeps those rpms higher, at a more optimal zone for peak torque.
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It does nothing of the sort. It doesn't magically create new gear ratios, I promise.
The difference is the if you anticipate a need for quick acceleration in sport mode the engine is already revved up into the power band and the transmission is usually in a lower gear so when you press the little pedal on the right you get max power a few seconds quicker as you do not have to wait for the engine to rev up and the transmission to shift down (you can get the same effect in M by downshifting in anticipation of power need).
Did you miss the word "resembles". Go back and reread.
Exactly. That's where Uno missed my point. Sport mode hangs onto the lower gears longer, keeping the rpms up. Up where there is more torque. Which is what going from like 3.55 to 4.10 geaes will do. Keeps rpms higher through each gear. Giving you more available torque.
All it does is hold lower gear longer. And I mean longer. It generally likes to cruise at 3000 rpm as the 2.5 reaches peak torque at 3250 rpm. This helps with rolling acceleration as you are within the power band and no time is spent down shifting. The other thing it does is increase the sensitivity of the gas pedal. It becomes much more responsive.
Do you have a verifiable source for your statements in the second paragraph or are you just speculating?
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So, basically, it's like "towing mode". Rides around buzzing along 1 gear lower than it should all the time. That junk has no place on an econo CUV, IMO. I find it absurd. Fart can on a Tercel absurd.
