Transmission - manual shift mode?

[DAYTA]

I'm looking at purchasing a G70 3.3T as my daily commuter, and I noted during a test drive yesterday that there doesn't seem to be a way to keep the car in manual mode - is that correct? Every time I used the paddle shifters, the car would eventually revert the transmission back to D which I found very annoying.

If this accurate and there's no way to have the car hold manual shift mode, can that be changed/fixed through a TCU reflash?

 

[5.0KDM]

I'm looking at purchasing a G70 3.3T as my daily commuter, and I noted during a test drive yesterday that there doesn't seem to be a way to keep the car in manual mode - is that correct? Every time I used the paddle shifters, the car would eventually revert the transmission back to D which I found very annoying.

If this accurate and there's no way to have the car hold manual shift mode, can that be changed/fixed through a TCU reflash?

Did you try it in sport mode?

 

[DAYTA]

Did you try it in sport mode?

Yes, I tried sport mode and when I used the paddles, the car would only stay in manual mode for like a minute before it reverted back to D.

 

[JCtx]

In sport mode it should stay in manual mode with the paddles. The 2022 G70 3.3T SP I briefly owned did that, and so is my current 2023 G70 2.0T SP. But yes, no manual mode. In regular mode, it reverts back to D almost instantly. I think in sport mode it reverts back to D after an hour of driving, but it never happens in my case, as I regularly downshift to 7th in uphills, to avoid lugging the engine. The annoying thing with the G70 in sport mode is it doesn't up-shift to 7th until about 3,500 rpm, and it never up-shifts to 8th, so you basically have to use manual mode in sport mode on the highway (which I always do), but it might be annoying to others. The tranny lugs the engine badly in regular mode, so sport mode is a must IMO. My SF with a DCT upshifts to 7th and 8th fine in D mode. Not sure why the sportier G70 doesn't. Oh well. Anyway, I got used to drive in paddle more all the time on my Porsche, so I almost always use the paddles on both vehicles. It's more engaging too. And more aggressive downshifting than at 2K rpm when coasting recharges the battery quicker.

 

[Thatblu70]

try doing it with traction control off? if you hold the button down for 5 seconds it will also take stability control off as well. I know that its just for traction and not specifically the engine but its worth a try. My gf has the GV70 and if you drive in sport plus mode it will NOT go back to D.