sport shift mode

[Mgrig]

Question, has anyone experienced the following?
When in sports mode/gear does everyones car shift from 1st gear to 2nd on its own? My car shift roughtly about 5800 rpms.

Just wondering if anyone else has the experience?

Thx

 

[Pwrplay]

Mine does the same.
I think this is by design as its a very quick shift between 1 & 2 and spreads out as you move up the gears.. I think this allows for a very efficient 6th gear ratio to help with fuel economy on the highway.

Where I find the car really shines is between 3 & 4 and 4 & 5. Great pick up in those shifts.

 

[dataguy]

If you're talking about the SHIFTRONIC mode (move gear shifter to the right and shift gears up or down), then I believe it will definitely automatically shift up before redline and automatically shift down when it can't maintain the gear. It's not a truly manual mode.

 

[ctrcbob]

Its a safety thing, so you don't over rev the engine. No big thing.

 

[TJPark01]

If you're talking about the SHIFTRONIC mode (move gear shifter to the right and shift gears up or down), then I believe it will definitely automatically shift up before redline and automatically shift down when it can't maintain the gear. It's not a truly manual mode.

Yes, this is correct, it's not a true manual mode (most shiftronics are not). It will shift up and down automatically if you don't do it. Where I find this to be helpful is pulling off the freeway doing 70mph down an offramp and getting that car out of 6 and down to 4 to use some of the engine to stop the car, even though the brakes in this car are amazing. Otherwise, the manual mode, is really semi manual at best.

 

[Pahaska]

I find that if I roll slowly into an intersection and pause wait to make a left turn, the car sometimes seems to drop into a too-high gear so that when I finally step on the gas, it flounders for a few seconds. Kind of scary in traffic.

I have a habit of pushing the shift lever right before moving into the intersection. This locks the car in low. When I finally get to make my left turn, I just bat the lever left as soon as the car starts moving. That way I never get the scary pause in the intersection.

 

[TJPark01]

I find that if I roll slowly into an intersection and pause wait to make a left turn, the car sometimes seems to drop into a too-high gear so that when I finally step on the gas, it flounders for a few seconds. Kind of scary in traffic.

I have a habit of pushing the shift lever right before moving into the intersection. This locks the car in low. When I finally get to make my left turn, I just bat the lever left as soon as the car starts moving. That way I never get the scary pause in the intersection.

Try using 91+ octane gas for V8 owners. I am on my first tank of it and have noticed the throttle response and transmission shifting to be much smoother. The car also wants to get to a higher RPM quicker as well.

 

[dataguy]

I find that if I roll slowly into an intersection and pause wait to make a left turn, the car sometimes seems to drop into a too-high gear so that when I finally step on the gas, it flounders for a few seconds. Kind of scary in traffic.

I have a habit of pushing the shift lever right before moving into the intersection. This locks the car in low. When I finally get to make my left turn, I just bat the lever left as soon as the car starts moving. That way I never get the scary pause in the intersection.

That's scary...haven't had that happen to me.

If I did, thankfully, I have an old habit...making sure I'm really conservative when turning left so I don't have to gun the car. Probably pisses off the people behind me, but I don't trust oncoming traffic. Maybe I'm too used to driving cars that don't accelerate as fast as the Genesis.