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I have had my car one month already! I have basically only driven it in city driving and short highway drives, all in normal mode. I finally got out this weekend and played with sport and sport plus mode. I no longer like normal mode, but prefer sport mode. My car has adaptive m suspension (and DCT). Does the suspension and driving modes work together? Any reason not to drive in sport mode all the time? Thanks.
PS- I drove top down in 70 degrees with the heat on and a jacket and scarf, thats winter in SC! Windscreen is on my list for Santa for sure. This car really makes me understand the term driver's car........I go out of my way to extend a drive!
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same ordeal. Im always in sport mode now and sport+ when im peppy. Sometimes on the highway, sport mode wont change to 7th which may use up a bit more gas than normal. After lowering and installing swaybars, normal and sport feel about the same in terms of stiffness.
instead of normal I think they should just have a ECO mode for this car. Calling it sport and then sport+ sounds a lil reaching. ECO/NORMAL/SPORT give a better balance.
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As for the wind screen. I did not like the BMW mesh screen it got dirty quite often. I changed it for the clear glass screen like in the picture below. I am sure it will make a very nice Christmas gift to yourself
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I use Normal for around town and the daily commute. Streets in Charlotte are just to bad for Sport. On twisty roads, I do use Sport a lot. I only use Sport+ if I know there is room to play.
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hi Memphis,
you post says that on Sport+ and lever on M, gear changes are on ur own. When I do launch control, it changes from 1st to 2nd on its own. I havent redlined 2nd gear on M yet so i dont know if it'll change on its own. Is auto gear change just for LC and 1st and 2nd?
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Thank you, very helpful. I have to say all I did was hit the sport button and sport plus button and found that fun. I guess there is a lot more to play around with using the lever controls on the DCT. I also need to try paddle shifting. I feel like a little girl in a candy shop!
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in manual when you hit the redline it just cuts off the engine, it wont change.
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I assume it's glass and not a plastic? where can i get one? |
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