For you guys who always drive in Sport?
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There is no question that the rpms are twice as much in some cases, and needlessly.
And many have argued that a life of an engine is the revolution it makes and all else is inconsequential.
On the other hand lugging an engine (which the regular drive mode has a tendency to do) is considered the only thing bad for an engine. (so I guess there is something gained there)
Even the shifts are twice as many and twice as hard.
Are you on the original trans?
My takeaway is that both the engine and the trans are really well built, well we knew that about the trans from other cars.
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I've used sport more once or twice. Felt too aggressive at the time but I've been meaning to get it out in sport mode again. By default, I prefer Dynamic mode and manual shift on occasion.
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You guys with the 5.0 s have a lot more modes to choose from than us 4.2 guys. We have sport mode and regular mode. And we can take traction control down a bit or turn it off. We can paddle shift - in regular mode the car reverts back to auto if you don't shift for a while or if you hold the paddle for a few seconds. In sport mode, once you paddle shift once, it remains in paddle shift mode.
So since the OP has a 4.2, his question may mean something different to the 5.0 crowd.
Personally, I mostly drive in regular mode, since my daily drive consists of heavy traffic followed by interstate driving, but if I am feeling sporty I will switch to sport mode in the stop and go areas of my commute. On the interstate I just leave it in regular mode. I rarely use paddle shift and even more rarely take off traction control. I will sometimes hit the downshift paddle to pass someone.
So since the OP has a 4.2, his question may mean something different to the 5.0 crowd.
Personally, I mostly drive in regular mode, since my daily drive consists of heavy traffic followed by interstate driving, but if I am feeling sporty I will switch to sport mode in the stop and go areas of my commute. On the interstate I just leave it in regular mode. I rarely use paddle shift and even more rarely take off traction control. I will sometimes hit the downshift paddle to pass someone.
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Q&C,
I am on my original transmission, only having changed transmission fluid two or three times. I'm still amazed at its longevity. After having a series of Chrysler products years ago, where the day the odometer passed 60,000 miles, the transmission failed, and after a Buick Enclave that has had 5 rebuilds along with our Lincoln MKX which is on its third, it's a great pleasure to have a car that's reliable. Now if I could just say that about the water pumps....
I am on my original transmission, only having changed transmission fluid two or three times. I'm still amazed at its longevity. After having a series of Chrysler products years ago, where the day the odometer passed 60,000 miles, the transmission failed, and after a Buick Enclave that has had 5 rebuilds along with our Lincoln MKX which is on its third, it's a great pleasure to have a car that's reliable. Now if I could just say that about the water pumps....
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You guys with the 5.0 s have a lot more modes to choose from than us 4.2 guys. We have sport mode and regular mode. And we can take traction control down a bit or turn it off. We can paddle shift - in regular mode the car reverts back to auto if you don't shift for a while or if you hold the paddle for a few seconds. In sport mode, once you paddle shift once, it remains in paddle shift mode.
So since the OP has a 4.2, his question may mean something different to the 5.0 crowd.
Personally, I mostly drive in regular mode, since my daily drive consists of heavy traffic followed by interstate driving, but if I am feeling sporty I will switch to sport mode in the stop and go areas of my commute. On the interstate I just leave it in regular mode. I rarely use paddle shift and even more rarely take off traction control. I will sometimes hit the downshift paddle to pass someone.
So since the OP has a 4.2, his question may mean something different to the 5.0 crowd.
Personally, I mostly drive in regular mode, since my daily drive consists of heavy traffic followed by interstate driving, but if I am feeling sporty I will switch to sport mode in the stop and go areas of my commute. On the interstate I just leave it in regular mode. I rarely use paddle shift and even more rarely take off traction control. I will sometimes hit the downshift paddle to pass someone.
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You guys with the 5.0 s have a lot more modes to choose from than us 4.2 guys. We have sport mode and regular mode. And we can take traction control down a bit or turn it off. We can paddle shift - in regular mode the car reverts back to auto if you don't shift for a while or if you hold the paddle for a few seconds. In sport mode, once you paddle shift once, it remains in paddle shift mode.
So since the OP has a 4.2, his question may mean something different to the 5.0 crowd.
Personally, I mostly drive in regular mode, since my daily drive consists of heavy traffic followed by interstate driving, but if I am feeling sporty I will switch to sport mode in the stop and go areas of my commute. On the interstate I just leave it in regular mode. I rarely use paddle shift and even more rarely take off traction control. I will sometimes hit the downshift paddle to pass someone.
So since the OP has a 4.2, his question may mean something different to the 5.0 crowd.
Personally, I mostly drive in regular mode, since my daily drive consists of heavy traffic followed by interstate driving, but if I am feeling sporty I will switch to sport mode in the stop and go areas of my commute. On the interstate I just leave it in regular mode. I rarely use paddle shift and even more rarely take off traction control. I will sometimes hit the downshift paddle to pass someone.
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Shemp, in drive it selects between different profiles for you based on the driving it sees.
If I do a battery reset I get nice fast shifts, and a responsive throttle and downshift.
However, because I tend to hyper-mile in my driving style, it just goes dead over time.
Badicedog, move the shift lever from drive, to the left, into sport.
If I do a battery reset I get nice fast shifts, and a responsive throttle and downshift.
However, because I tend to hyper-mile in my driving style, it just goes dead over time.
Badicedog, move the shift lever from drive, to the left, into sport.
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I'm under the impression that on the 4.2 cars, using sport mode only changes the gearbox behaviour, but has no effect on CATS behaviour at all. Is this correct?
Well, of course more aggressive driving is more likely to trigger CATS, but there is no direct relation?
Most of the time I use sport mode with manual shifting, rest of the time D. I never use sport mode in automatic mode.
Well, of course more aggressive driving is more likely to trigger CATS, but there is no direct relation?
Most of the time I use sport mode with manual shifting, rest of the time D. I never use sport mode in automatic mode.
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If you move the shift lever to the left once in drive, that is sport mode. The display will show DS instead of only D.
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I have never liked the Sport mode on any Jaguar I own. Hold the gear too long and just doesn't feel natural. Doesn't really seem to do much. The Sport mode on my Aston or Lotus is like kick in the ***. The car just lurches forward as soon as the button is pushed. Sales guy at the Lotus - AM dealer near me said Lotus equates their Sport mode to a 25 hp boost when pushed! Sport mode is dramatic enough that I don't like to drive in it around town. How Jaguar didn't do much with it is beyond me. I like Jaguar Adaptive Mode. On the XE it's needed or the car feels lazy.
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Esattamente!!!
Reminds me of a middle-age guy (our age) trying to be a youngster at the club.
No sport driver would drive that way, using the braking feature of an engine for enjoyment and thereby being in the wrong gear should the light turn green.
Then I realized, it does what it was designed to, offer a consolation prize to someone in a midlife crisis stuck behind a minivan.
Reminds me of a middle-age guy (our age) trying to be a youngster at the club.
No sport driver would drive that way, using the braking feature of an engine for enjoyment and thereby being in the wrong gear should the light turn green.
Then I realized, it does what it was designed to, offer a consolation prize to someone in a midlife crisis stuck behind a minivan.